Originally Posted by
ScottC
I agree; Gmail.
But to make it better, check out Google Apps; it's Gmail but with your own domain name. Best of all, it's FREE, except for the price of the domain name, which is around $10 a year.
I have both of the above. Either is a fine option. No other free email provider comes close to Gmail.
Hosted Gmail (part of Google Apps) is a better choice if you want to share email/calendar/documents with family members/friends, but you need to have someone with a bit of technical savvy set it up.