Re: Does anyone still use GMail, or Hotmail?
Many (most?) registrar's provide free email hosting with a domain name, which is suitable for personal use.
Example: I use gandi.net for my domain registrations. £6/year for a .uk domain with up to 5 email inboxes.
However most people are scared of a management interface with lots of options even if all they need to do is select the mail tab and add an address... so, they spend £300 writing bobtheplumber69@aol.com on the side of their van instead.