[TriLUG] Email for kids

[Matt Flyer via TriLUG]

An Xbox eh?  That certainly makes time go faster.  I've already spent 3 days on Fallout 4.  

I wold suggest considering hotmail as it is easy to link to your Xbox account.  The spam filter is pretty good and you may be to set family settings.  You will also need a text message number for security and password reset.

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> On Dec 4, 2015, at 9:40 AM, Ken MacKenzie via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
> 
> So for xmas we got the kids an xbox one and I am trying to get everything
> setup for them from the get go before the day.
> 
> So you need a microsoft account for each user and it does benefit to give
> each kid a microsoft account for content approval, game ratings, etc.
> 
> So right now I have a domain I use for our email addresses but the kids do
> not have an account on it.  I am trying to figure out a good solution.  The
> email addresses are presently just forwarding addresses to our actual gmail
> accounts for my wife and I, and then in gmail we can send as those accounts.
> 
> However gmail does not have a managed account google does but it really
> doesn't extend email features.
> 
> So my thoughts are, maybe go with tocomail instead, a web service designed
> for kids email.
> 
> Or setup dovecot or some other similar service on my own server (VPS)
> 
> As far as linux email servers what is a good option.  What I am looking for
> if I setup my own is the following features:
> 
> must have:
> 1.  spam filtering
> 2.  monitoring of user accounts without password sharing
> 3.  whitelist and blacklist address management
> 
> nice to have:
> 1.  word filtering
> 2.  collaborative tools like calendars and what not, think like MS exchange
> 
> If these seem like obvious questions forgive me.  I really have never setup
> my own email server before.
> 
> Ken
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