The freedom to send spam should end just outside of my e-mail in-box.

Send spam to, from or through Virginia, and you could be looking at five years in prison.

The state does not have a law specifically against sending spam.

Many people contend that open relays make it too easy to send spam.

You will still be able to send spam from China.

Sometimes it's people still trying to send you messenger pop-ups, spam.

The state says he stole credit card numbers to pay for Internet accounts used to send spam.

New York State does not have a law specifically against sending spam.

But is it a good idea to send spam back to the sender?

"Consumers often do not discover that they, themselves, have been sending spam."