By ASHER MEIR No one knows when the first junk mail was sent, but presumably it was as soon as the cost of postage dropped below the price people were willing to pay to advertise.

Virginia knows James Madison, and spammer Jeremy Jaynes is no James Madison. But Virginia's leaders should also have more than a passing familiarity with the First Amendment.

One of the world's most notorious spammers won a victory in the Virginia Supreme Court yesterday, but it won't free him, and the state plans to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

By Larry O'Dell RICHMOND, Va. - The Virginia Supreme Court declared the state's anti-spam law unconstitutional Friday and reversed the conviction of a man once considered one of the world's most prolific spammers.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- The Virginia Supreme Court declared the state's anti-spam law unconstitutional Friday and reversed the conviction of a man once considered one of the world's most prolific spammers.