Email for kids ???

[kaylajr]

Any suggestions ??
My DD is 12 and wants to join the boards here so we want to set her up an email
I tried hotmail and she got a rather NASTY spam email so we won't be using that
any suggestions for "safe emails"

thanks

 

[wvjules]

My DD has yahoo and has never gotten a nasty spam email.

 

[lewdyan1]

We pay for it, but love the kids AOL parent controls!

 

[Annette_VA]

gmail is pretty good, too.

 

[kaylajr]

gmail is pretty good, too.

You need an invite for that one don't you??

 

[Pooh67_68]

For the DIS I use Yahoo and anything they think could be spam goes to a bulk folder, so you don't ever have to see it you can just delete it.

Or what about through your internet provider, I know we can have more than one email address not sure if they charge for more than one though.

 

[Annette_VA]

You need an invite for that one don't you??

Oops - yep, you do! I meant to say I have plenty of invites if you want one. Just PM me your name and an email address to send it to

 

[kaylajr]

any other suggestions this morning???

 

[Donalds_best_pal]

I use gmail and it works fine for me. Never see spam. Believe it or not the spam I am getting also is nothing bad, which is suprising seeing cox i got bad crap. I have invites also.

Matt

 

[oogieboogie]

I like gmail also. It's tidy, clean and the spam gets automatically sent to the spam folder and deleted every 30 days automatically.

If anyone needs a gmail invite, just let me know. I've got a bunch of them.

 

[Marseeya]

Another vote for gmail. I can't believe how effective it is for spam! Definitely kid friendly.

I think you could get an invite anywhere at this point. I've got 150 myself, so add me to the list of people who have them.

 

[PixieDust32]

DD's Ilse and Shawny got their own screen name on our AOL account, kids AOL, and we used the parental control and so far for the last 4 years, no spam, no problems, the filters are great, we don't even see the spam.

 

[Mom2Ashli]

Another vote for Gmail.

 

[dmslush]

My dd uses yahoo also. She seems to like it pretty well. Hotmail is HORRIBLE for bad emails.

 

[Nancy]

I have a Yahoo email and I never get spam.

We all have accounts through our internet provider (5 of them) and they have a spam blocker plus McAfee has a spam blocker as one of the security blocks so we use both...in 3 years none of us has ever gotten a spam e-mail.

 

[RobynK]

AOL used here and love it for the kids!

 

[golfgal]

Hotmail is a free option. You can set your controls to filter out the spam. I would also check with your internet provider and see if you can have more then one email account. We can have up to 7 different accounts with our ISP so everyone in our family has their own email address.

 

[PlutoPony]

Who's your ISP? We have Comcast and are allowed 3 e-mail accounts...

 

[golfgal]

Who's your ISP? We have Comcast and are allowed 3 e-mail accounts...

Our ISP is just a regional one.

 

[Sparx]

Yahoo