Nine-Year Sentence for Spammer
Filed in: Web — April 13th, 2005
LEESBURG, Va. — A Virginia judge sentenced a spammer to nine years in prison Friday in the nation’s first felony prosecution for sending junk e-mail, though the sentence was postponed while the case is appealed.
Loudoun County Circuit Judge Thomas Horne said that because the law targeting bulk e-mail distribution is new and raises constitutional questions, it was appropriate to defer the prison time until appeals courts rule.
A jury had recommended the nine-year prison term after convicting Jeremy Jaynes of pumping out at least 10 million e-mails a day with the help of 16 high-speed lines, the kind of internet capacity a 1,000-employee company would need.
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Thought:
10 million email in a day! 16 high-speed lines! Walao eh… 
Anyway, now we know the modal needed to be a great spammer. 
