marlo_blake

I know this isn't an unschooling question, but I'm not sure where to ask a question like this.

My children all have ipods now, and we are wanting to set them up with an email account. It gives us options on the ipod - yahoo, aol, google, etc. We're not sure which one will serve them better. We don't know a lot about the email servers, so I was wondering if any one here could offer suggestions, so that we can get them set up. I was going to go with google (not really sure why), but then I thought, "what if they want to get on a yahoo group later on??" Is google (or others for that matter) the same way (as far as having "yahoo" type groups - like this one)?

Any suggestions?

thanks in advance,
marlo

Joyce Fetteroll

On Mar 30, 2013, at 3:01 PM, marlo_blake wrote:

> I was going to go with google (not really sure why), but then I
> thought, "what if they want to get on a yahoo group later on??"
> Is google (or others for that matter) the same way (as far as
> having "yahoo" type groups - like this one)?

An email address is like a phone number. It doesn't matter who you get the address (or number) from. They work the same. A Yahoo address will work on Google groups and a Google address will work on a Yahoo group.

The big differences are in how good the spam filters are and how easy it is to read. (Though there are programs like Microsoft Outlook and Apple's Mail that download mail onto your computer.)

You're using AT&T which should allow you to add more email accounts. The downside of using an email from a provider is if you change providers, you need new email addresses.

I don't think there's anything special out there for kids but I let it through just in case someone knows.

Joyce

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Virginia Warren

You can connect to Yahoo and many other sites using a Google account.
That's how I joined this group. Having a Google account brings access to
many useful applications; in addition to Gmail, there is Google Drive (free
cloud storage), Google + (lightweight social networking), Google Music
(free music streaming service), Google Voice (a free phone number and
texting application), and many others.

Virginia


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Virginia Warren

Spam filtering on Gmail is outstanding. I didn't think to mention it until
I saw Joyce's message because I never see any. :)

Virginia


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Alex Polikowsky

Yeah my son prefers his Gmail to yahoo or hotmail . it also is connected to his Google+
He has friends he chats on it. He is 10.

Alex Polikowsky

Sent from my iPhone

On Mar 30, 2013, at 6:16 PM, Virginia Warren <vafnord@...> wrote:

> Spam filtering on Gmail is outstanding. I didn't think to mention it until
> I saw Joyce's message because I never see any. :)
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> Virginia
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s

I agree with the google sentiment. All my kids have gmail accounts and
it allows their relative to email them notes etc and I am fairly
confident they will be able to keep it as they grow up. The
features/spam filtering/etc are all the best with google's service.

And yes I know this isn't a gmail account that I am using but I have had
this from before gmail existed, I have a gmail account I use for all my
family/friend correspondance.

shelley