The only alternatives I will consider to Gmail are other web providers that take a few clicks to set up and can hold all my email forever. I know that's not ve

The only alternatives I will consider to Gmail are other web providers that take a few clicks to set up and can hold all my email forever. I know that's not very 'hacker-ish', but, everything this article describes sounds so utterly unpleasant to suffer. Gmail obsoleted hosting your own mail, as far as I'm concerned.