MailFoundry August statistics

September 1, 2007

Here are the MailFoundry statistics for August 2007. We broke two records in August. We handled our largest volume of mail ever while having the lowest percent of allowed email.

  • Total Messages: 806,260
  • Allowed Messages: 114,666 (14.22%)
  • Blocked Messages: 691,594 (85.77%)

A quick breakdown of why messages were blocked:

  • RBL 505,763 (62.73%)
  • Spam 144,250 (17.89%)
  • RFC 27,190 (3.37%)
  • RP DNS 8,153 (1.01%)
  • RP Sanity 4,357 (0.54%)
  • Virus 1,824 (0.23%)

 

MailFoundry July statistics

August 1, 2007

Here are the MailFoundry statistics for July 2007. July was our largest volume of mail processed to date.

  • Total Messages: 686,724
  • Allowed Messages: 102,197 (14.88%)
  • Blocked Messages: 584,527 (85.12%)

A quick breakdown of why messages were blocked:

  • RBL 403,858 (58.81%)
  • Spam 134,863 (19.64%)
  • RFC 37,418 (5.45%)
  • RP DNS 3,986 (0.58%)
  • RP Sanity 2,776 (0.40%)
  • Virus 1,605 (0.23%)

 

MailFoundry - June 2007 Statistics

July 3, 2007

Here are the MailFoundry statistics for June 2007. Various patches and upgrades were applied to the MailFoundry in June which resulted in a noticeably better job of filter.

  • Total Messages: 623,346
  • Allowed Messages: 100,546 (16.13%)
  • Blocked Messages: 522,800 (83.87%)

A quick breakdown of why messages were blocked:

  • RBL 352,977 (56.63%)
  • Spam 134,096 (21.51%)
  • RFC 24,809 (3.98%)
  • RP DNS 5,967 (0.96%)
  • RP Sanity 4,109 (0.66%)
  • Virus 827 (0.13%)

 

MailFoundry - May 2007 statistics

June 1, 2007

Here are the MailFoundry statistics for May 2007.

  • Total Messages: 582,650
  • Allowed Messages: 135,017 (23.17%)
  • Blocked Messages: 447,633 (76.82%)

A quick breakdown of why messages were blocked:

  • RBL 313,197 (53.75%)
  • Spam 95,001 (16.30%)
  • RFC 29,187 (5.01%)
  • RP DNS 2,394 (0.41%)
  • RP Sanity 7,306 (1.25%)
  • Virus 512 (0.09%)

 

MailFoundry - April 2007 statistics

May 1, 2007

Here are the MailFoundry statistics for April 2007.

  • Total Messages: 570,623
  • Allowed Messages: 100,556 (17.62%)
  • Blocked Messages: 470,067 (82.37%)

A quick breakdown of why messages were blocked:

  • RBL 317,574 (55.65%)
  • Spam 114,409 (20.05%)
  • RFC 27,481 (4.82%)
  • RP DNS 1,939 (0.34%)
  • RP Sanity 8,131 (1.42%)
  • Virus 516 (0.09%)

 

MailFoundry - March 2007 statistics

April 9, 2007

Here are the MailFoundry statistics for Mar. 2007.

  • Total Messages: 549,751
  • Allowed Messages: 96,871 (17.62%)
  • Blocked Messages: 452,880 (82.38%)

A quick breakdown of why messages were blocked:

  • RBL 295,960 (53.84%)
  • Spam 114,587 (20.84%)
  • RFC 30,729 (5.59%)
  • RP DNS 1,638 (0.41%)
  • RP Sanity 5,686 (1.03%)
  • Virus 808 (0.15%)

 

MailFoundry - February 2007 statistics

March 1, 2007

Here are the MailFoundry statistics for Feb. 2007.

  • Total Messages: 395,490
  • Allowed Messages: 64,291 (116.26%)
  • Blocked Messages: 331,199 (83.74%)

A quick breakdown of why messages were blocked:

  • RBL 231,623 (58.57%)
  • Spam 72,524 (18.34%)
  • RFC 19,575 (4.95%)
  • RP DNS 1,638 (0.41%)
  • RP Sanity 4,687 (1.19%)
  • Virus 1,145 (0.29%)

MailFoundry - January 2007 Statistics

February 1, 2007

Here are some MailFoundry statistics for Jan. 2007.

  • Total Messages: 376,578
  • Allowed Messages: 62,291 (16.54%)
  • Blocked Messages: 314,287 (83.46%)

A quick breakdown of why messages were blocked:

  • RBL 214,673 (57.1%)
  • Spam 69,176 (18.37%)
  • RFC 25,046 (6.65%)
  • RP DNS 2,638 (0.70%)
  • RP Sanity 1,749 (0.46%)
  • Virus 1,005 (0.27%)

MailFoundry - December 2006 Statistics

January 7, 2007

Here are some MailFoundry statistics for Dec. 2006.

  • Total Messages: 424,316
  • Allowed Messages: 60,613 (14.28%)
  • Blocked Messages: 363,703 (85.72%)

A quick breakdown of why messages were blocked:

  • RBL 260,204 (61.32%)
  • Spam 66,120 (15.58%)
  • RFC 32,035 (7,55%)
  • RP DNS 2,204 (0.52%)
  • RP Sanity 2,129 (0.50%)
  • Virus 1,011 (0.24%)

MailFoundry - Nov. 2006 Statistics

December 2, 2006

Here are some MailFoundry statistics for Nov. 2006. There have been several updates to the MailFoundry software in Oct/Nov and we’re seeing a much better “kill” rate on spam

  • Total Messages: 335,673
  • Allowed Messages: 41,779 (12.45%)
  • Blocked Messages: 293,894 (87.77%)

A quick breakdown of why messages were blocked:

  • RBL 212,949 (63.44%)
  • Spam 43,738 (13.03%)
  • RFC 32,658 (9.73%)
  • RP DNS 2,410 (0.72%)
  • Virus 647 (0.19%)

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