hello

webmail is the best for security and privacy, right?

im here to ask you what to use! i always used http://www.email.pt but im sure there are some special webmail sites with new options or things that others don't have, does anyone know?

i hate microsoft (of course) but there is something that i think i must give up... not using msn messenger! thats it... everyone has it, my friends, etc. I KNOW that i don't need to use the bad microsoft software from http://www.msn.com or whatever, i will use amsn (for linux and windows). now i have a question... you can log-in with a .net password, you don't need a hotmail account!!! (most people don't know) just go to http://www.passport.com

so my real question is, what webmail to chose?
hotmail?

1- i think it's the only one that the msn messenger (i mean, amsn, etc) can count the emails and display if there are new ones.
2- it works with the messenger! lots of things that you can do if you use both!
3- i think it is the most used around the whole world.

but...
does it work well in linux, i mean, with mozilla firefox?

what i really wanted was privacy... maybe i should use something from a [PUT_BAD_WORDS_HERE] country, for example use a webmail from russia? japan? or whatever, hehe this sounds a bit stupid. but for example if the three letters agencies want to investigate and access your email, whats the best to avoid that?

thats all, i really don't know if i should sign up with hotmail, i think that i need a .net passport to use the messenger and as i said it i don't know how it works if you register without a hotmail account, for example what happens when you click the "new emails" button hehe, or "go to inbox"

thanks for your time!