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Good Email For Kids?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the think-of-the-children dept.

mgessner writes "My kids are starting to want email accounts of their own. Even though gmail does a pretty good job of filtering spam, it's not perfect. Searching the web the other day for kid-safe email, I found a few sites that say they can do the job. What do others do for their kids' email? Pay for it? Just use a free service like gmail or yahoo? I don't pay for email accounts out of my own pocket, so I don't really see the need, but if the cost was a few bucks a month, I'd do it."

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  1. Re:What the problem with Gmail? by ypctx · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Didn't know that. Anyway - I'm using filters to mark the spam as read, so that the right-side "Spam" menuitem doesn't bother me by being marked as "unread items".
    However, have you tried:
    1. new filter
    2. Has the words: is:spam
    3. press Next, ignore the warning
    4. click "Delete it", click finish
    That should work I guess..

  2. Re:What the problem with Gmail? by frenchbedroom · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Settings > Filters > Create a new filter > Has the words : "in:spam" > Next step > OK to the warning > Check "Delete it" > Create filter.

    Boom baby, spam-free GMail.