text: which free email service is the best? i want to fix a permanent email id (which is available free) until the new yahoo! mail comes out of beta -- or at least the beta goes public -- the easiest to use is google mail.  it also gives you the most storage (more than 2.5 gb).  that said, the new yahoo! mail is said to be more like outlook than google is, and the current yahoo! mail is pretty good, so if you're used to outlook you should probably consider getting a yahoo! account and waiting for the new version.  of course, you can always sign up for both, and try them both out -- perhaps by signing each one up for a few mailing lists.