gMail is my favorite mail application, as I have blogged about here previously:
- http://jnthweb.ca/2010/08/gmail-other-email-addresses/
- http://jnthweb.ca/2010/08/why-gmail-labels-not-folders/
There are other reasons in other posts, but here is an excellent succinct list of why and how gmail is useful:
Joan works and plays on the web and is happy to speak to groups or individuals about the web's communication possibilities