[SURBL-Discuss] Re: quick poll on SURBL hit %

[Stuart Johnston]

Chris Santerre wrote:
> Just curious as to what average percent of spam people see SURBL hitting. In
> a non scientific manor, I average about 85% or greater hitting SURBL for all
> spam that doesn't get rejected by my MTA. I have a feeling if I clean up my
> results a bit, that number would be even higher. 

I don't have very good statistical collection but here are some numbers 
I get from monitoring my spam levels over the last few days.

420: Messages hitting SURBL with total scores less than 8.5

486: Messages with total scores between 5.0-8.5

86: Messages hitting SURBL and scoring between 5.0-8.5

Not knowing exactly how you calculated your 85%, it is hard to compare 
my numbers.  In fact, I'm not sure that these numbers are in anyway 
useful but there they are just in case.

Stuart Johnston