Free Gmail account with Google

Google’s free e-mail service, Gmail, is now open to all.
The accounts were previously available by invitation-only, now the service is open to everyone, and there's nothing stopping you doing this alongside your existing email account.
This is very handy if you sign up for lots of freebies and competitions and are worried that those companies might spam you. If the company starts spamming, you can set up a filters to automatically direct these messages to Trash.

https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=mail&ltmpl=gabby&hl=en-GB