I think gmail is the best free email service. The main thing I like about it is that I can have my e-mail programs and my phone pick it up automatically, which a lot of other free email sites such as yahoo do not allowe unless you pay. Gmail also allows you to keep a lot of emails, as in even if you get a lot of email you do not have to clean it out often if ever. I also find that it spam does a pretty good job of properly marking spam. It not only keeps most spam out of my inbox, but it also very rarely ends up putting non-spam in the spam folder. I also find it very easy to use.