[quote name='epobirs']Why are people so worked up about bloody G-
mail? It's just the umpteenth web mail service.[/quote]
Why? Because it's worlds better than the others. It's got the best interface by far - the ideas of "Conversations" and of archiving messages are bloody brilliant for free web-based e-mail, and that gigabyte of storage doesn't hurt either. On top of that, the only ads are text-based and not very obtrusive.
GMail is the best free e-mail out there. That's why.