I use Yahoo, mostly. I leave my messenger on and it tells me when I have mail. Sometimes Yahoo gets a little sluggish. That's my only complaint. I started a gmail account so I could send full size pictures with my new camera, but I think something is wrong with my internet encryption settings. It says it's at 128, but I still can't access the gmail page from my machine. Come to think of it, I think I'll post a thread about it.
I have 4 e-mails....excite,yahoo,hotmail & myway I've been able to stop all bulk/junk mail going into my yahoo mail, just wish the rest would let me totally block the junk.
Gmail is only in the beta stage and so you do need an invite to use it at this point. I think it rocks, right now i mostly use my university's email, but for anonymous mail, gmail can't be beat. Peace, Alex