I have 4 G-mail accounts. I set up the one for the club, my personal account, and 2 that are used strictly for storage of other stuff. Those two are never used to email anyone. They're just emails that I transfer from the other accounts.
I also have an MSN address that I don't use, and a Windstream account as part of my internet service. The only thing I get on it is my monthly phone bill. I never use it. I like the G-Mail for ease of use, features, capacity, and allowable file sizes you can transmit. The only thing I don't like about it is that they skim words and I get spam mail and ads related to words I've used in emails or in my Google searches. Those ads show up on Pennocks pages. I guess that's just the price I pay for 'free email'.