I actually see two problems with switching off gmail (which I'm starting to think about doing, as google keeps getting evil-er). One is how nice it is to have

I actually see two problems with switching off gmail (which I'm starting to think about doing, as google keeps getting evil-er). One is how nice it is to have ubiquitous web-mail, integration with my Android, etc. Some of these problems I think I can solve with my own brain-sweat, and obviously this thread might help. But the other is spam. Before gmail, I hated spam. After switching to gmail (I guess about 5 years ago), I gradually lost my memory of spam ; I get less than one piece of spam per month. Is spam gone these days? Are there good open-source low-maintenance solutions?