Re: [school-discuss] email client for children?

[Michael Dean <mdean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Phil Driscoll wrote:
> I'd reinforce Miles's Squirrelmail suggestion. Not only is it easy to 'skin', 
> it's also fairly easy (if you are into hacking PHP) to write a plugin to 
> disable features you don't want the kids to access. If you have some way of 
> mapping kid's email addresses onto school year or age, you could also 
> automatically reveal more user interface as the kids get older.
>   
Could someone explain to me the efficacy of providing email service to 
elementary students?  As the father of an elementary student, I would 
refuse him that service as unnecessary and actually perhaps antithetical 
to his academic achievement.