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CardJoe · 26th Sep 2008, 15:06

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/09...spam-capital/1

MessageLabs has published the results of a study into the amount of spam received by business across the UK, and has compiled a list of the top-ten most spammed locations.

trickster · 26th Sep 2008, 15:36

Woohoo! Number 6 for me!
Thankfully, catching the 99.9% of the spam is one of the few things our (outsourced - aaaaarrrrgh!) IT department do right.

Quote: â€œbusinesses operating outside of major towns and cities are usually small and mid size companies with less time and resources to devote to IT security,â€

- I disagree entirely, in Macclesfield the two biggest employers are amongst the bigger global chemical companies!

Jamie · 26th Sep 2008, 16:18

I wonder how they came about these numbers.

BioSniper · 26th Sep 2008, 16:54

I'm surprised at Petersfield and Alton actually considering the type of people that live there are usually quite well off or old.
I guess this could also be caused by machines infested by spyware kicking out tonnes of spam mail?

overdosedelusion · 26th Sep 2008, 17:14

numbers 2 + 3 for me, I live 10 miles in the middle of the tver looiwo. Although fareham isn't that far either. We do get a god awful amount of spam though, how any why is confusing, as the only places that have our email are companies we order from, and our ISP. Never looked lnto spam at all.

BlackMage23 · 26th Sep 2008, 18:08

Those are all places that have Universities

Cupboard · 26th Sep 2008, 18:35

Its isn't because empolyees in the said locations aren't working as hard so are "spreading" their email addresses online?

TomH · 27th Sep 2008, 13:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlackMage23

Those are all places that have Universities

Where's the University in Sutton Coldfield?!

Combinho · 27th Sep 2008, 15:46

W00t for Egham. It's nice to get your home town in the media.

Pricester · 29th Sep 2008, 08:38

Heh, I grew up in Egham, so that was kinda funny to see...

It looks like a completely pointless study though - presumably, they've surveyed these businesses, and assigned the "spam rating" based on the main business office address, so what about businesses with a lot of off-site workers etc.?

Personally, I'd rather see a list of spam *sources* - then I'd know where to aim the ICBM... (or whether it's time to rebuild my PC and clear up any trojans that got in!)

26th Sep 2008, 15:06	#1
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26th Sep 2008, 18:08	#6
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26th Sep 2008, 15:36	#2
trickster What's a Dremel? Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 8	Woohoo! Number 6 for me! Thankfully, catching the 99.9% of the spam is one of the few things our (outsourced - aaaaarrrrgh!) IT department do right. Quote: â€œbusinesses operating outside of major towns and cities are usually small and mid size companies with less time and resources to devote to IT security,â€ - I disagree entirely, in Macclesfield the two biggest employers are amongst the bigger global chemical companies!

26th Sep 2008, 18:35	#7
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29th Sep 2008, 08:38	#10
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