Can anyone recommend an alternative replacement to Gmail that has a 
similar set of features?

I currently view my mail, RSS feeds and searches via Google and am 
starting to become a little concerned about the amount of data they now 
probably hold on me :)  I've found alternatives for RSS and search but 
still not found an alternative for mail that I'm happy with.

A service that is open source would be great, but appears to be difficult 
to find without running my own mail server, which I'd rather avoid. IMAP 
support is a must.  I'm thinking there is only so much you can do to 
protect your privacy when using web mail, as by the very nature of it 
which ever service you use is going to have your email on their servers 
and access to certain information. So perhaps I'm better sticking with 
Gmail, but if anyone can recommend any privacy conscious mail service I'm 
all ears

Thanks



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