MailFoundry July 2008 Statistics
August 1, 2008
Here are the MailFoundry statistics for July 2008. The overall level of allowed messages has been very consistent but the amount of blocked email has dropped for the last two months.
- Total Messages: 2,663,102
- Allowed Messages: 237,499 (8.92%)
- Blocked Messages: 2,425,603 (91.07%)
A quick breakdown of why messages were blocked:
- RBL 2,087,050 (78.37%)
- Spam 230,161 (8.64%)
- RFC 84,326 (3.17%)
- RP DNS 19,125 (0.72%)
- RP Sanity 2,430 (0.09%)
- Virus 2,306 (0.09%)
- Redlist 204 (0.01%)
MailFoundry June 2008 Statistics
July 2, 2008
Here are the MailFoundry statistics for June 2008.
- Total Messages: 3,295,622
- Allowed Messages: 226,154 (6.86%)
- Blocked Messages: 226,154 (93.12%)
A quick breakdown of why messages were blocked:
- RBL 2,768,567 (84.01%)
- Spam 261,559 (6.90%)
- RFC 59,629 (1.81%)
- RP DNS 7,664 (0.23%)
- RP Sanity 4,269 (0.13%)
- Virus 1,509 (0.05%)
- Redlist 572 (0.02%)
MailFoundry May Statistics
June 2, 2008
Here are the MailFoundry statistics for May 2008.
- Total Messages: 3,922,006
- Allowed Messages: 219,477 (5.60%)
- Blocked Messages: 3,702,529 (94.40%)
A quick breakdown of why messages were blocked:
- RBL 3,382,794 (86.25%)
- Spam 261,559 (6.67%)
- RFC 46,176 (1.18%)
- RP DNS 5,519 (0.14%)
- RP Sanity 4,783 (0.12%)
- Virus 1,506 (0.04%)
- Redlist 192 (0.00%)
MailFoundry April Statistics
May 7, 2008
Here are the MailFoundry statistics for April 2008. The change we implemented to reject RBL connections had a huge impact on the volume of email processed and spam filtering in general.
- Total Messages: 3,836,034
- Allowed Messages: 182,261 (4.75%)
- Blocked Messages: 3,653,773 (95.25%)
A quick breakdown of why messages were blocked:
- RBL 3,304,447 (86.14%)
- Spam 303,200 (7.90%)
- RFC 35,826 (0.93%)
- RP DNS 4,700 (0.12%)
- RP Sanity 3,926 (0.10%)
- Virus 1,534 (0.04%)
- Redlist 140 (0.00%)
MailFoundry March Statistics
April 1, 2008
Here are the MailFoundry statistics for March 2008.
- Total Messages: 2,131,578
- Allowed Messages: 178,834 (8.39%)
- Blocked Messages: 1,952,744 (91.60%)
A quick breakdown of why messages were blocked:
- RBL 1,629,859 (76.46%)
- Spam 227,815 (10.69%)
- RFC 77,880 (3.65%)
- RP DNS 11,157 (0.52%)
- RP Sanity 4,546 (0.21%)
- Virus 1,334 (0.06%)
- Redlist 153 (0.01%)
MailFoundry February Statistics
March 1, 2008
Here are the MailFoundry statistics for February 2008.
- Total Messages: 1,778,795
- Allowed Messages: 150,863 (8.48%)
- Blocked Messages: 1,627,932 (91.51%)
A quick breakdown of why messages were blocked:
- RBL 1,346,895 (75.72%)
- Spam 205,583 (11.56%)
- RFC 59,391 (3.34%)
- RP DNS 9,445 (0.53%)
- RP Sanity 5,340 (0.30%)
- Virus 1,143 (0.06%)
- Redlist 134 (0.01%)
MailFoundry January Statistics
February 1, 2008
Here are the MailFoundry statistics for January 2008.
- Total Messages: 1,690,051
- Allowed Messages: 148,045 (8.76%)
- Blocked Messages: 1,542,006 (91.23%)
A quick breakdown of why messages were blocked:
- RBL 1,239,014 (73.31%)
- Spam 220.412 (13.04%)
- RFC 57,601 (3.41%)
- RP DNS 16,947 (1.00%)
- RP Sanity 6,663 (0.39%)
- Virus 1,217 (0.07%)
- Redlist 152 (0.01%)
MailFoundry December Statistics
January 1, 2008
Here are the MailFoundry statistics for December 2007.
- Total Messages: 1,439,293
- Allowed Messages: 129,907 (9.03%)
- Blocked Messages: 1,309386 (90.97%)
A quick breakdown of why messages were blocked:
- RBL 1,045,618 (72.65%)
- Spam 197,662 (13.73%)
- RFC 41,057 (2.85%)
- RP DNS 17,587 (1.22%)
- RP Sanity 6,375 (0.44%)
- Virus 1,012 (0.07%)
- Redlist 75 (0.01%)
MailFoundry November Statistics
December 1, 2007
Here are the MailFoundry statistics for November 2007. Again, we broke two records (again) in November. We handled our largest volume of mail ever while having the lowest percent of allowed email.
- Total Messages: 1,128,442
- Allowed Messages: 122,290 (10.84%)
- Blocked Messages: 1,006,152 (89.12%)
A quick breakdown of why messages were blocked:
- RBL 817,994 (72.49%)
- Spam 153,374 (13.59%)
- RFC 17,015 (1.15%)
- RP DNS 8,561 (0.76%)
- RP Sanity 7786 (0.69%)
- Virus 957 (0.08%)
- Redlist 465 (0.04%)
MailFoundry October Statistics
November 3, 2007
Here are the MailFoundry statistics for October 2007. Again, we broke two records in October. We handled our largest volume of mail ever while having the lowest percent of allowed email.
- Total Messages: 968,110
- Allowed Messages: 122,570 (12.66%)
- Blocked Messages: 845,540 (87.31%)
A quick breakdown of why messages were blocked:
- RBL 672,567 (69.47%)
- Spam 139,550 (14.41%)
- RFC 22,031 (2.28%)
- RP DNS 3,750 (0.39%)
- RP Sanity 5,900 (0.61%)
- Virus 1,435 (0.15%)
