I kind of stayed away from Gmail after I read all that stuff about them wanting you to never delete anything, and then after so long your emials become public, then Google can database your emails, link it with your IP/Name and create a sort of user profile on you, tracking your identity all over the net, where your surf, etc... and sell that info to advertisers. Maybe its all hooey, but I've got SMTP anyway, so why would I need web based email.