Starfish Family Mail, by Lincoln Beach Software, is a perfect email program for the entire family. And what really caught my attention is that it addresses something that no other email program I've looked does -- family! And I've tried just about every email program out there. None of them are geared towards young children, teenagers, or even just people who find computers really challenging. Parents can create a list of approved email addresses or "Friends." Include Grandma and Grandpa, cousins, school friends, and whoever else you like. The key thing is that if an email address is not on the list, it can't be seen by your child. So, this is a perfect program for children and it would be great for use within schools!

Starfish Family Mail lets you create accounts so that each person can "log in" to do their email. And the program has all of the basic things you'd want from an email program. Send, receive, attach files, and so on. The program also supports the popular "skins" so you can make it have lots of different looks. At the same time, Starfish Family Mail strips out any HTML code that may be found in incoming emails so you'll only see text. That also means it won't run any hidden scripts that often carry viruses. Another very cool feature in the program is "authentication." What's that? Well, ever get an email from yourself? I have and lots of spammers use this trick to get past SPAM filters. The authentication feature lets user and sender agree on an authentication code that will be included in each email. Just a little line of text, like "itsreallyme" in the message. Then when email from that person comes in, the program will check to make sure the authentication text is there. If so, fine, and if not, no one will be able to read it. Very cool!

Starfish Family Mail, by Lincoln Beach Software, is a nice, basic email program that supports the POP3 and SMTP protocols. The interface is intuitive and it's very easy-to-use. It has a spell checker, Thesaurus, and even supports "skins!" At the same time it lets you determine exactly what email addresses you'll accept email from and it provides for extra authentication. In my opinion, it's the perfect email client for young people. At the same time, it would also be excellent for many older people who often have problems working with software. So, if you're looking for a nice, simple email program so you can email friends and family, this is it. And, if you're looking for something for your children to use, this is the best program I've seen. So, it's not only a "Pick", it's also a Dr. File Finder Favorite and those are few and far between. Give it a try!