Posted: 02nd May, 2003 By: MarkJ
It appears as if the spam crackdown by global ISP AOL has been having some impact after it managed to block more than two billion junk messages in a single day!:
AOL said that it reached a milestone when it blocked 2.37 billion pieces of spam email in one day this week -- a sign that its filtering technology is apparently improving. In March, it prevented just more than one billion junk emails a day from reaching its members' in-boxes.
The company said it now blocks about 70 percent to 80 percent of all incoming Internet email traffic as spam.
In addition to tightening its filters, AOL said it is blocking such a high volume of email because it is receiving more systematic reports from members about spam and because it is working with other ISPs to target and block specific ranges of IP addresses know to be used by spammers.Hopefully the ISP hasn't removed too many legitimate messages from the process, which is sadly an all too common occurrence. More @
ZDNet.