Gmail alternatives?
andrewcooke: no-one has mentioned runbox - http://www.runbox.com/that's who i was thinking of switching to (i want to be able to use google "anonymously", and it's tricky when also logged in to gmail).  i scanned through the mail providers listed on wikipedia and that seemed the best.  hosted in norway, iirc.  surprised no-one else has mentioned it here, though.