Solve : send email to grandson?

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Answer» My grandson, who is 8, does not have his own email address/account. I'd like to send him emails, etc., but I want his parents to know ahead of time that it's for him. I've tried to get Yahoo! to answer this, but they don't seem to be able to understand what I want to do and keep SENDING incorrect responses. I've added his name to my contacts list, then put his mother's email address. When I type his name, it goes to that contact name, but the "to" line shows only his mother's email address, and not his name either in front of that address or behind it. I know there's a way to do this as I've seen it before, but just can't figure it out. Can anyone help? THANKS much!What you are seeing prior to sending the email is on your computer. Have you tried to send an email and determine what the recipient sees as to the addressee? truenorthin yahoo mail, I can get the "To" field to show something like Tom <[email protected]> This is what you wanted? But you can also say "Dear ____ and _______" in your message, where you put in the blanks that kid's name and his mom's name? Then they'll know the the kid should see the message too I don't want the email to have to be opened (Dear _____ and _____) to see that it's for the grandson and not for them to have to worry with. I want the "to" line to reflect that it's for the grandson, c/o their email address. Am I making any sense at all? I think that what I've seen before is something like you showed, i.e. [email protected] Problem is, when I try to do that to send a card or something, it won't recognize it as a valid email address. Thanks for your suggestions.Truenorth, no, I haven't tried that. I'll give it a shot. Thanks.So I went and checked yahoo mail. I am using yahoo mail too. Did you put something in the "Nickname" box when you added the contact? (see the box right under the save BUTTON in the SCREENSHOT below). That's how I get John<[email protected]> to work, which I think is what you wanted. Okay, so I should put the grandson's name in the nickname box? Should I also leave him as the contact? I'm really sorry to be so tech ignorant, but I was born this way! Thanx again. k OK, I've put a nickname where indicated. Also, sent an email (clicked on the g'son's contact) to his mother's address and asked her to let me know how it showed up there. (two different techniques, not at the same time)hopefully that works. I tried sending to a test email from my yahoo mail to my gmail and it work fine. But I don't know if it would be showing up alright w ith other services (hotmail, msn, etc) is grandson's mom also using yahoo mail to receive emails?No, I'm sending from Yahoo, but mother's email is gmail. She got my test that I sent in just straight email form, but when I went to Hallmark and American Greetings to send a card, it won't accept email address as valid. Probably no way around that, huh? Thanks again. Quote from: khill75462 on July 14, 2010, 07:27:04 PM No, I'm sending from Yahoo, but mother's email is gmail. She got my test that I sent in just straight email form, but when I went to Hallmark and American Greetings to send a card, it won't accept <name>email address as valid. Probably no way around that, huh? Thanks again. That's because it is not a correct email address. The stuff is extra information added on by the client, and depending on the reciever, will be displayed by the client. It isn't actually part of the email address. For example, if you put someone's name infront of their house address, their address doesn't become John Do 77 Fake St, it's still 77 Fake St. Thanks. So that does mean that it's not "doable" at ecard sites?Most sites include a custom message option, where you can specify that it's for your grandson...otherwise, I think you're right.I know he's young, but is a separate gmail account for him out of the question? Obviously, you would need to put filters and parental controls in place to be safe, but I've seen kids younger than 8 that knew how to use the basics of computers. Some of them could barely read, but they knew icons. Helpmeh probably already had his own email account by that age.Actually, I have to brag just a little ~ he was just tested & his IQ is 140! Guess he could have figured this out for me, come to think of it! However, that being said, his parents don't think it's necessary for him to have his own account. They let him do certain things, with close supervision, but don't want him spending all his time on the computer, so limit what he can do. Thanks for all the help yall have given on this!

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My grandson, who is 8, does not have his own email address/account. I'd like to send him emails, etc., but I want his parents to know ahead of time that it's for him. I've tried to get Yahoo! to answer this, but they don't seem to be able to understand what I want to do and keep SENDING incorrect responses. I've added his name to my contacts list, then put his mother's email address. When I type his name, it goes to that contact name, but the "to" line shows only his mother's email address, and not his name either in front of that address or behind it. I know there's a way to do this as I've seen it before, but just can't figure it out. Can anyone help? THANKS much!What you are seeing prior to sending the email is on your computer. Have you tried to send an email and determine what the recipient sees as to the addressee? truenorthin yahoo mail, I can get the "To" field to show something like

Tom <[email protected]>

This is what you wanted?

But you can also say "Dear ____ and _______" in your message, where you put in the blanks that kid's name and his mom's name? Then they'll know the the kid should see the message too I don't want the email to have to be opened (Dear _____ and _____) to see that it's for the grandson and not for them to have to worry with. I want the "to" line to reflect that it's for the grandson, c/o their email address. Am I making any sense at all? I think that what I've seen before is something like you showed, i.e. [email protected] Problem is, when I try to do that to send a card or something, it won't recognize it as a valid email address. Thanks for your suggestions.Truenorth, no, I haven't tried that. I'll give it a shot. Thanks.So I went and checked yahoo mail. I am using yahoo mail too.

Did you put something in the "Nickname" box when you added the contact? (see the box right under the save BUTTON in the SCREENSHOT below). That's how I get John<[email protected]> to work, which I think is what you wanted.

Okay, so I should put the grandson's name in the nickname box? Should I also leave him as the contact? I'm really sorry to be so tech ignorant, but I was born this way! Thanx again. k

OK, I've put a nickname where indicated.

Also, sent an email (clicked on the g'son's contact) to his mother's address and asked her to let me know how it showed up there.

(two different techniques, not at the same time)hopefully that works. I tried sending to a test email from my yahoo mail to my gmail and it work fine. But I don't know if it would be showing up alright w ith other services (hotmail, msn, etc)

is grandson's mom also using yahoo mail to receive emails?No, I'm sending from Yahoo, but mother's email is gmail. She got my test that I sent in just straight email form, but when I went to Hallmark and American Greetings to send a card, it won't accept email address as valid. Probably no way around that, huh? Thanks again. Quote from: khill75462 on July 14, 2010, 07:27:04 PM

No, I'm sending from Yahoo, but mother's email is gmail. She got my test that I sent in just straight email form, but when I went to Hallmark and American Greetings to send a card, it won't accept <name>email address as valid. Probably no way around that, huh? Thanks again.

That's because it is not a correct email address. The stuff is extra information added on by the client, and depending on the reciever, will be displayed by the client. It isn't actually part of the email address. For example, if you put someone's name infront of their house address, their address doesn't become John Do 77 Fake St, it's still 77 Fake St. Thanks. So that does mean that it's not "doable" at ecard sites?Most sites include a custom message option, where you can specify that it's for your grandson...otherwise, I think you're right.I know he's young, but is a separate gmail account for him out of the question? Obviously, you would need to put filters and parental controls in place to be safe, but I've seen kids younger than 8 that knew how to use the basics of computers.

Some of them could barely read, but they knew icons.

Helpmeh probably already had his own email account by that age.Actually, I have to brag just a little ~ he was just tested & his IQ is 140! Guess he could have figured this out for me, come to think of it! However, that being said, his parents don't think it's necessary for him to have his own account. They let him do certain things, with close supervision, but don't want him spending all his time on the computer, so limit what he can do. Thanks for all the help yall have given on this!

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