Glad to hear it Ron! The first couple weeks after I switched to Gmail, I was a bit dubious -- the spam filtering worked well, but didn't blow me away.
But a year later, and I daren't consider life without Gmail! The spam filtering is very effective. It also allowed me to change computer systems with minimal difficulty -- just point the new computer / email client to Gmail and I'm off and running. No new SPAM program to buy, train, etc.
And I've found Gmail to be a great online client -- I preferred using Gmail to Thunderbird. Being iPhone-less, it's also a great way for me to keep up on email at work and on vacation.
I'm sure there are other services that could work similarly, but Gmail definitely works, and you can't beat the price
