Exactly. Or you forget to do backups again and lose 6 months of email... For 99% of the population, centrally hosted, professionally maintained, email service

Exactly. Or you forget to do backups again and lose 6 months of email... For 99% of the population, centrally hosted, professionally maintained, email services are vastly superior. Sure, there will always be those who prefer self-hosting, corporations, the sittin'-inna-tree-with-my-M16 crowd, etc., but it's not really the best option for most.