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As I've posted out, I have recently had some continuing problems with my current email host (yahoo mail), so I've increasingly been looking around for another email host. I know about all the usual suspects (e.g. hotmail, yahoo mail, GMail etc.), but is there anything I need to watch out for, and are there any good hosts you can recommend? Thanks.

I'd strongly recommend Gmail. It's very reliable, has tons of storage space and is easily accessed through your browser. If you like using Outlook, Outlook Express or Thunderbird, your e-mail can also be imported and subsequently downloaded whenever new mail arrives.

Having Gmail as a free e-mail extension looks a little more professional than either Yahoo or Hotmail. While it's true that Gmail is not a professional e-mail address (nor was it designed to be such), the negative connotations that surround both Yahoo and Hotmail do not exist.

I mostly use my Gamil account these days. I don't know if an invite is still required for a Gmail account, but I can send you one.

Like everyone else so far - I recommend gmail. I dropped my hotmail and yahoo account once I got my gmail account set up. And just like most other ones - you can pop3 your other mail (if they support it) into gmail (which is what I do). I have all of my mail pour into gmail. It's quite nice.

Gmail you can sign up now with out an invite. I use my Gmail account all the time. I have a hotmail school email which gets forwarded to my gmail account as well as my email account that I have with my isp which still is my primary email account and that gets forwarded as well so I have copies of the emails in case I need to search for an old email that I need which makes gmail great. I recommend gmail.

GMail has been my #1 pick too for a little while. So I hope there won't be a problem getting an account I want.

The only tiresome bit with moving from one to the other would be letting everyone know that I've changed over, because I haven't really kept a database of people and email addresses... hmm. The next step, I think, will be to create one and then change over. Well, thanks again.

I too am a fan of Gmail
And the fact you can add up to 5 other email accounts (not only from gmail), is fantastic. In fact, it also lets you answer with their adresses from within gmail.
I just did that last night, and the rest I have I forwarded to it.

I actually had to do that, because my Vista Mail client is fucked up - parden my language, lol.

Gmail