Saturday, October 24, 2009

Can I set up an email account for my 8 year old son, without having to provide credit card info?

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Can I set up an email account for my 8 year old son, without having to provide credit card info?
Just sign up a yahoo email :) I made one for my youger sister last year. The only con is that you have to put in a faulty birthdate, otherwise they will ask for parental permission, and you will have to fax over a form.





Last time I clicked the signup form, I don't think I saw a credit info. The closest it comes to would be occupation, which is optional.
Reply:Yes email accounts are free.
Reply:why can't he just use yours , he is only 8 , why does he need one of his own?
Reply:Yes you can. Yahoo, Hotmail and others provide free email accounts. Just make sure it is propertly configured so he does not receive junk email (adult emails). You can set it up so he can only receive emails from people that are in his contacts list, etc.
Reply:Yes.





Depending on your ISP you may already have/ be allowed multiple accounts.


Example AOL (yuck) allows multiple e-mail accounts per paid account, including specal accounts for children.
Reply:www.yahoo.com


www.hotmail.com


www.gmail.com





None of these need credit cards to sign up.





I would not give my son his own email ID just yet.





Share one, it is safer.
Reply:8 year olds aren't allowed to have an email account here
Reply:Yes you can, Yahoo provides a free email account that doesnt require a credit card number
Reply:Can't you just get him a yahoo.com email for free?
Reply:This is my first time I hear that you have to provide a credit card info to sign up for and email account.





most email acounts are free and you don't have to provide any credit card info.


I use yahoo and hotmail services! and I never provided any credit card info.





I guess you only have to provide a credit card info when you sign up for the paid account which most people don't.





I advise you to sign up for the general free account so that you don't pay a penny.
Reply:yes as long as your using one of the free sites like yahoo or hotmail
Reply:yes.. yahoo has free email accounts and u dont need any credit card information.

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