I have to agree with everyone, Gmail is by far the best web based email service. After using it I would never go back to Yahoo! Mail or Hotmail.
Guys, I feel you should think on selecting any Free Webmail. It is very important that you understand the future of any Free Webmail. No doubt GMail has a great future but user risks, I mean a Gmail User is always at risk while using Google because the email content is shared with Google who is developing web 3, 4 techniques to capture as much as user information to create a history out if it.. Think about it.