Are you terrified that you or your kids will inadvertently import viruses via email? Are you on every imaginable spam list possible or does your mail server mark legitimate mail as spam even when it's from someone in your contacts list?
Do you import your mail to Outlook and find that you are importing way more spam and questionable messages than ever, messages that may contain malware or spyware right onto your machine? And what happens if your computer crashes taking all of your contact and calendar information with it?
If you are using a mail account through your service provider you may be reticent to change providers despite the cost or poor service because you don't want to change your email address, you don't want to learn how to export your calendar and contacts list and you don't want to learn how to import that information into a new account. Then there is the problem of contacting your friends and associates with the new address and hope they will take the time to update their contact list.
But you can avoid these hassles and others by having a Gmail account.
Gmail is a webmail provider that allows anyone to set up an account that will never have to changed. They provide a myriad of other features and services as well as targeted information. But best of all, they are dedicated to providing the most secure email system on the net. Once you have a Gmail account, you store all your contact information and your calendar on their server where you will never have to change it and even if your computer crashes, you will never loose it!
And Gmail is FREE!!
Check out the following link for more information:
http://mail.google.com/mail/help/intl/en/about.html
CrexTechs recomments Gmail because it is so secure and has top of the line spam filtration. Here are some other features of Gmail.
Use Google search within Gmail to find the exact message you want
With Gmail, each message you send is grouped with all the responses you receive so you won't have to hunt for replies.
You can now use Gmail on your mobile device to access your email from anywhere.
Built-in chat: text, voice, or video
With Gmail, you'll never see pop-ups or untargeted banner ads.
Just like bank and credit card websites, Gmail uses always-on HTTPS encryption to keep your mail secure, so someone sharing your favorite coffee shop's public wifi can't maliciously read it.