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Thread ID: 56568 2005-04-09 00:10:00 Spammer in Slammer for 9 Years vinref (6194) PC World Chat
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342959 2005-04-09 00:10:00 Some of you might recall Jeremy Jaynes, who was busted for promoting libido-enhancing pills, penile-lengthening drugs and various other products for the less-endowed, through bulk-email messages. Well, he's been shafted for 9 years (abcnews.go.com) by a judge.

9 years!? A bit harsh isn't it? I have heard of child-molesters, rapists and even murderers who got less.
vinref (6194)
342960 2005-04-09 00:23:00 that is a bit harsh
9 years for spaming some people
sambaird (47)
342961 2005-04-09 00:29:00 More people get affected by a spammer though. The judge would've got spam no doubt as well. Reason enough for the higher penalty probably. Jeremy (1197)
342962 2005-04-09 00:35:00 Good job. It'll teach him a lesson, not to do it again. Speedy Gonzales (78)
342963 2005-04-09 00:44:00 The guy was sending out 10 million spam emails per day and raking in $750,000 (USD) gross per month. The article refers to him as one of the top 10 world wide spammers. Also from that article it says that he was pushing pornography and not just junk products via spam. Looks like he was prosecuted for using fake identities and email return addresses, and not for the spamming itself.

Removing him from abusing the system can only benefit everyone. He is probably being held up as an example to others from that long sentence, however his laywer's are appealing that sentence.
Jen (38)
342964 2005-04-09 00:46:00 More people get affected by a spammer though. The judge would've got spam no doubt as well. Reason enough for the higher penalty probably.
So your saying spaming is worse than murder
sambaird (47)
342965 2005-04-09 00:53:00 How much are you affected by spam?

I may be a special case because I am not affected by spam at all, and most people I know exaggerate the effect of spam on them. These people get all pretentious and high-winded and moan about a waste of their precious time etc.

I use mostly web-base email (Yahoo!, Gmail, Hotmail) and the spam filters let in a stray spam email maybe once a month. OK, maybe in a small company, ISP-email account with a poor spam filter, you may get inundated with this stuff.
vinref (6194)
342966 2005-04-09 00:57:00 I get some spam but i deal with it sambaird (47)
342967 2005-04-09 00:59:00 The guy was sending out 10 million spam emails per day and raking in $750,000 (USD) gross per month .

So people are actually buying all this crap after receiving these ridiculous spam emails .
Maybe they're the real criminals and should have their bank accounts frozen to prevent encouraging idiots like this .

9 years! :lol: :lol: :lol:

I bet he feels like doing this now :badpc:

Exactly how we all feel when we see our inboxes flooded with such revolting junk .
manicminer (4219)
342968 2005-04-09 01:05:00 How much are you affected by spam?

I may be a special case because I am not affected by spam at all, and most people I know exaggerate the effect of spam on them. These people get all pretentious and high-winded and moan about a waste of their precious time etc.

I use mostly web-base email (Yahoo!, Gmail, Hotmail) and the spam filters let in a stray spam email maybe once a month. OK, maybe in a small company, ISP-email account with a poor spam filter, you may get inundated with this stuff.

Well filters are getting better all the time.
I think the main problem is that much of the spam email is offensive to alot of people (ie porn - and some of it particularly nasty porn too). Kids shouldn't be subject to this sort of stuff, older users shouldn't have to put up with the embarrassment, and we shouldn't have to put up with risk of accidently filtering out good emails.
manicminer (4219)
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