I've given away two invites since I first posted. Any others interested? Simply PM me your name and e-mail.
Catman10, Gmail is definitely a different animal. Messages are organized in "conversations" so you can see all your back-and-forth communication easily. Setting up contacts is a breeze (and there's an import function). POP access is now offered for free (haven't tried it yet). You can also forward to another account. Did I mention no ads? One thing I don't like is that you need an extra step to delete messages "forever". I don't archive crap that people send me, I **delete it**, and yes, I'm sure I want to get rid of it. Other than this, I like it a lot. It's replacing my Yahoo! account for every-day stuff (although I have too much "other" stuff setup in Yahoo! that is not available in Gmail (groups, albums, etc.).