MX Messaging Resources

Spam  Spammers and Hackers have been busier than ever this summer. June set the record for all time high in spam messages, and spam rates continue to hover at around 90% of all messages sent. The Spackers (Spammer/Hacker) continue to hone their techniques in this constant game of cat and mouse. The latest trend is a shift to attachment spam, ...

Robert Alan Soloway was arrested in Seattle on Wednesday. Dubbed ''The Spam King'' by authorities, Soloway allegedly spammed tens of millions of messages. Most of these contained links to websites where his company, Newport Internet Marketing, sold products and services. Soloway was once listed in SpamHuas's Top 10 list of spammers and is ...

According to research results released by IDC, the volume of spam will exceed the volume of legitimate email in 2007. IDC projects that Spam will account for 40 billion messages in 2007, out of a predicted total of 97 billion (not including automated messages such as delivery confimations).  

For our first post to the MX News Blog, I thought it would be appropriate to dive into the hotest story of the Late Fall/Early Winter- Spam rates have soared (sored) into the stratosphere. According to Postini, Spam volumes increased by 60% in September and October. Barracuda networks reported an increase of 67% during roughly the same ...