Complete history of Netcom.com

The following is a summary of all spam observed from Netcom.com since tracking began. Some samples encompass multiple days.

NOTE: Rahul.net suffered a disk crash on 13 Oct 1999. History information has been lost. These numbers may only reflect spam seen since 13 Oct 1999.

Date		Posts	Groups	BI	Days	Average

1997/4/30	  327	 4850	 1210.9
1997/5/1	  156	 2633	  608.2	  1	  156.0	 2633.0	  608.2
1997/5/2	  188	 3315	  776.6	  1	  188.0	 3315.0	  776.6
1997/5/5	  764	10293	 2729.2	  3	  254.7	 3431.0	  909.7
1999/10/20	   24	   48	   31.3	898	    0.0	    0.1	    0.0
1999/11/2	   13	   78	   31.8	 13	    1.0	    6.0	    2.4
1999/11/17	   14	   82	   33.8	 15	    0.9	    5.5	    2.3
2000/2/25	  189	  436	  284.6	100	    1.9	    4.4	    2.8

Total:		 1675	21735	 5706.5
average		    1.6	   21.1	    5.5

8 samples covering 1031 days

Notes:

Date: Ending date of sample period. YY/MM/DD format.
Posts: Total number of articles identified as spam during that period.
Groups: Total number of newsgroups spammed.
BI: Breidbart Index
Days: Number of days encompassed by the sample period.
Average: Average daily spam during the sample period.

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