Gmail now has free IMAP support!
Google's Gmail now supports the IMAP protocol -- for free! For more information on how to set it up, visit their help pages. For those who don't know what IMAP is, read the Wikipedia article. For those who think this is a really big thing (like me), scream out, "I am a geek!"
Basically, IMAP works like Microsoft's Exchange system, delivering e-mails instantly (push mail) and keeping your mail synchronized across different machines. With loads of e-mail space, the use of secure protocols (SSL), e-mails at your own domain name and now IMAP, this service is now very compelling for businesses.
Now if only it wouldn't take this long to sync all these e-mails.