SurfBuddies

SurfBuddies WebMail is a child safe web based email system which is designed to be accessed by any web browser. Your child is provided with his or her own SurfBuddies.NET email account. The SurfBuddies WebMail web site provides the security you desire.

Safe For Kids

With SurfBuddies WebMail your children can safely send and receive email messages with friends, family and organizations you approve. Only those messages from people in the Buddy List will be displayed. SPAM and messages from questionable sources are not an issue. Simply put, if an email is not from a buddy then your child doesn't see it.

SurfBuddies email accounts are protected by a multi level anti-SPAM firewall to eliminate unwanted emails. Our SPAM firewall not only relies on known spammers black lists, but also scans each message for a wide variety of spammers’ tricks.

Comfort To Parents

SurfBuddies WebMail is a comfort to parents. Only emails from senders YOU APPROVE can be read by your child. Spam and email from other unsolicited or undesired sources are simply not accessible. There is NO WAY emails from those you have not approved may be read.

Simple & Fun

SurfBuddies WebMail is simple and FUN to use. The Microsoft Agent™ which is included can read a child's emails out loud -- Kids Love It!!!

Multiple Skin Themes For Even More Fun

SurfBuddies WebMail is skinable! That means that kids can choose the look they like best from various themes. New themes are regularly released for your children's fun.

CLICK HERE to View Theme Skins.

SurfBuddies WebMail "Jungle" Theme Skin

Click image to see all skins.

SurfBuddies WebMail Parental Controls

Parental Controls

Buddy List:

SurfBuddies WebMail assures a child's safety through the Buddy List. The Buddy List is a list of parent defined names and email addresses with whom the child can exchange messages. If an email is not from someone on the buddy list, the child CAN NOT READ the message.

Profanity Filter

SurfBuddies WebMail contains a Profanity Filter feature. The Profanity Filter removes offensive words and phrases from the child's email. The filter contains words and phrases which are universally accepted as objectionable and inappropriate for children.

Personal Information Filter

Additional custom words and phrases may be added to the filter. Things such as the child's address, phone number and local dialect curse words may be added to further enhance the child's security. Keep your child even safer on the internet.

Blind Carbon Copy

SurfBuddies WebMail incorporates a Blind Carbon Copy feature. This means that all emails sent by a child may be copied to their parent's email address. Should one so desire, a parent can monitor all emails sent by their children. This feature configurable and may be enabled or disabled by the parent.

Spell Checker

If your child is using Microsoft Internet Explorer Browser version 5.5 or greater, he or she can check the spelling of messages about to be sent.

Malicious Attachment Blocking

SurfBuddies WebMail scans each received message for malicious attachments. It has become increasingly common that email viruses and Trojan Horse programs propagate themselves by sending infecting email messages to others. SurfBuddies WebMail recognizes these infectious attachments and stops them cold.

Entertaining

Peedy

Genie

Merlin

Robby

SurfBuddies WebMail includes Microsoft Agent ™ technology. Microsoft Agent is a software technology that enables an enriched form of user interaction that makes using and learning to use a computer, easier and more natural. Microsoft Agents are interactive personalities in the form of animated characters. These characters can move freely within the computer display, speak aloud (and display the text they are speaking are displayed in word balloons onscreen).

In order for the Microsoft Agent Characters to operate correctly, you need 2 Microsoft files installed on your local computer. If you do not have Microsoft Agent already installed, you can download a self extracting file containing both of them from our web site. Sorry, MSAgent only operates under Windows using Internet Explorer as the browser.

Click this button to download the self extracting file containing the 2 MSAgent Driver files.

Once downloaded, run the file to extract the agent driver files then run both of them. The files are the MSAgent Driver and the Text-To-Speech Engine. These files are also available from the Microsoft web site .

SurfBuddies Email Accounts

SurfBuddies email accounts are designed to be used with SurfBuddies' browser accessible SurfBuddies WebMail, but may be accessed by any POP3/SMTP email client program (i.e. Outlook, Outlook Express, Eudora, NetScape, etc.)

SurfBuddies Email Accounts include the following:

SPAM Firewall	SurfBuddies uses a 4 level anti-SPAM protection firewall to eliminate unwanted emails. Our SPAM firewall not only relies on known spammers black lists, but also scans each message for a wide variety of spammers’ tricks.
Browser access to send & receive emails	Your child can safely access their email from any browser (SurfBuddies WebMail)
Personal email address	Your child gets their own personal email address in the SurfBuddies.NET domain. For example: yourchildsnickname@ surfbuddies.net
Minimum of 30 MB message storage	Store a minimum 30MB worth of emails. If needed, storage is increased automatically (A typical email message is less than 5K.)
SMTP Authorization	SMTP Authorization protects the account from being hijacked. Only your child can send and receive messages from their account.
Known Spammers Already Blocked	Over 150,000 SPAM sources are preblocked. More work for us, less worry for you. We block additional spammers daily.

SurfBuddies WebMail Demo

Try SurfBuddies WebMail for yourself. The demo will show you what we're all about. To log in use the word " Demo" (without the quotes) as the User Name and all Passwords. You can read emails in the inbox and compose new messages. The demo will not actually send any messages. You can also review the parental controls. Again, any changes you make will not be saved.

You can enhance the experience by installing the Microsoft Agent files listed above.

Click Here to run the SurfBuddies WebMail Demo.

Pricing:

SurfBuddies WebMail pricing is simple. Choose from these plans:

Single Child Monthly	No long term commitment.	$3.50 per Month
Single Child Semi Annual	Subscribe for 6 months!	$19.50 for 6 Months
Single Child Yearly	Subscribe for a year and save! Get 2 free months compared to the monthly plan.	$34.95 per Year
Two Children Monthly	Sign up both kids and save.	$4.85 per Month
Two Children Semi Annual	Subscribe for 6 months and save! Save $$ compared to the monthly plan.	$27.00 for 6 Months
Two Children Yearly	Subscribe for a year and save! Get 2 free months compared to the monthly plan.	$48.95 per Year
Multi Child Monthly (up to 5 kids)	For larger families.	$6.25 per Month
Multi Child (up to 5 kids) Semi Annual	Subscribe for 6 months and save!	$34.00 for 6 months
Multi Child Yearly (up to 5 kids)	Subscribe for a year and save! Get 2 free months compared to the monthly plan.	$62.95 per Year