With KidzMail children draw pictures and send them to people in their address book. Addressing email is as simple as choosing recipients from a list of pictures and names. Parents control the address book, so they know who their children are sending email to.

KidzMail is simple to use, even for children who can't read or write. Email receipients can only be chosen from the address book. Each person in the address book has a picture so that children who can't read the names can pick out recipients from the pictues. Children then draw a picture using KidzMail's easy-to-use built-in painting tools and then send the message.

All aspects of KidzMail, including the server settings and the address book, are controlled through its preferences dialog. Parents can protect the KidzMail preferences dialog with a password so that children can't make any changes without a parent's permission. Children can only send and receive email from the people in their address book.