[nandhp]

I haven't left because:

(1) I don't have a server where I can run my own mail infrastructure -- I don't think my ISP would be happy with me running a mail server off my cable modem). And

(2) I don't trust Outlook.com not to silently discard mail from randomly selected senders (as I believe Hotmail was known to do). Gmail is reliable.

But otherwise, I'm ready. I've already stopped using the Gmail web interface (retaliation for killing Google Reader). And once I'm no longer tied to Gmail anymore, I can switch to a better IMAP client than Thunderbird.

[meese_]

Have you tried Fastmail? I switched to them a while ago and haven't looked back. Their web UI isn't as nice, but they have an honest business model with a much better privacy policy and migrating is pretty straightforward.

[microtonal]

Their web UI isn't as nice,

I like their web UI better than GMail. It is cleaner than GMail and much faster most of the time. It's also worth noting that they now have a beta version of a calendar (with CalDAV) support:

http://blog.fastmail.fm/2014/01/23/calendar-now-available-on...

And they are apparently working on CardDAV.

[msh]

I have a fastmail account, it is worse than gmail in these respects:

- the spam filter is not very effective. I have marked as spam a certain kind of spammy newsletters many times but they still come throught.

- No calendar or contacts you can sync to your phone.

[stock_toaster]

Another anecdote here -- I also use them and like the service.

[alextingle]

In all fairness, every mail server discards mail from some senders. Your junk folder would explode if everything got through.

[janinge]

Hopefully they reject this mail, not simply discard it.