I HATE spam as I’m sure most of you do as well. I own many domain names and that combined with the webmaster email addresses I maintain for clients, brings me in about 200 - 300 spam emails a day. Yes, every day. So I was excited to read today that based on a jury recommendation, a judge in Virgina has sentenced to 9 years in jail for sending out an excess of 10 million spam emails. The sentence is, of course, pending an appeal.

I personally think this is great news. Although several states currently have spam laws already on the books, rarely are they enforced and it’s often difficult to locate the origin of spam messages without sophisticated tracking tools.

The AP report states that Jeremy was pumping out at least 10 million emails a day with the help of 16 high-speed lines, the Internet capacity that could support a 1,000 employee company. The report goes on to say that Jaynes grossed up to $750,000 per month as a result of the spamming efforts.

This is a good day for the anti-spam world.

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