I'm not a fan of email. I wish I got less of it, got better/richer email when I did receive it, and that I didn't have to do anything about hosting it. It also needs to exist forever, be easily searchable, and have a great web front end.

I've personally been using Google's Gmail to manage my email for about a year now. I alias my main accounts (boris AT bryght.com and boris AT bmannconsulting.com) to two separate Gmail accounts, but then use Mail.app and Thunderbird on OS X, respectively, to download mail via POP3. Gmail's secure SMTP servers are my main/only SMTP servers (except for some places which block that port completely, in which case walkah.net serves as a backup...thanks, James). When I'm away from my desktop, I use the web interface to keep on top of things -- and since everything accessed via POP3 is automatically archived, I see only the email that hasn't been dealt with yet.

So, I just asked Gmail to host the Bryght.com domain. Actually, my evil plan is that I'd love for Google to steal ALL our email. We currently offer aliases for users (we decided to not offer email directly except for a select few pre-existing clients...most people can't handle/don't need more than one email address, and don't get me started on SMTP services), but I want to be able to offer domain-specific email without it being a giant pain. Bryght is not an email company, but we strive to offer a complete solution to people. Some people need email, and more want mailing lists or other email related solutions.

A Drupal module to hook into the Gmail control panel? That would be sweet. Here's hoping Gmail steals our email.

Note: somewhat related sidenote. I've tested Sprout a bit over the last little while for our shared info AT bryght.com address. It is, of course, hard to test such things without committing fully. I recommend people check it out, as it looks like it has some great tools for managing the assignment and workflow associated with email. Zimbra and RoundCube look good and contain pieces of the email puzzle, but I don't want to deal with another codebase or hosting. Please, steal my email!