WASHINGTON, April 11 (UPI) -- E-mail spam might be a blight that is gumming up electronic commerce and personal mailboxes alike, but just as with death and taxes, the public seems to be growing accustomed to its inevitability.

LEESBURG, Va., April 8 (UPI) -- A Virginia judge Friday sentenced a North Carolina spammer to nine years in prison.

LEESBURG, Va., March 2 (UPI) -- A conviction for violating Virginia's anti-spam law has been overturned with the judge saying the complex law may have confused jurors.

LEESBURG, Va., Nov. 4 (UPI) -- A Virginia jury has handed down the country's first convictions for sending spam e-mails, the Washington Post reported Thursday.