Dear folks,
Advice please re. children and web based email accounts.
Children come into our libraries to get help to set up e mail acounts.They
then start to receive junk mail , lots of which is of an inappropiate sexual
nature. Some children have been upset.
I'd be interested in knowing what other authorities are doing.Do you
automatically put on the junk mail filter for them when they set up their
account? Are parents informed that e mail accounts may get messages they
would rather that their children didn't see?
Does anyone know of childrens site which offers free e mail, and which may
be less likely to attract such messages?
Thanking you,
Lynn Buick
Information Development Officer
NEELB Library Service
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