Interesting observation about spammers

[jauburn]

They seem to take the weekends off. It must be a regular job for these folks.

 

[Chris D]

Sadly that's not our experience.

We ran the Spam Cleaner around 40 times over Saturday and Sunday just gone.

 

[jauburn]

Sadly that's not our experience.

We ran the Spam Cleaner around 40 times over Saturday and Sunday just gone.

When you say "ran the spam cleaner," do you mean you identified 40 separate users as spammers and ran the spam cleaner on each? I ask because I'd love it if there were a more automated way to deal with these people--a way requiring fewer clicks from me.

 

[Chris D]

do you mean you identified 40 separate users as spammers and ran the spam cleaner on each?

As a team, yep.

 

[The Sandman]

They seem to take the weekends off.

There may well be less on the weekends if a significant number of the botnet zombie servers are shut down for the weekend (businesses for example).

 

[Amaury]

We ran the Spam Cleaner around 40 times over Saturday and Sunday just gone.

Wow, you guys must be spot-on.

Only on very rare occasions do I see spam actually posted, which I report.

 

[Chris D]

To be fair, most of it is stuff caught by the moderation queue.