wildcat-

At my day job we have a local web service provider that hosts our website and email. It works, but I'm not a huge fan because we pay for the service and I still end up getting involved when things aren't working ... On my personal domain I use Amazon's AWS's as my web server and Google as my email host. I definitely prefer Google (similar to Gmail web interface) over my service at work. I simply never have issues... The only drawback is cost- $5 per email address per month. No quantity discounts (unless maybe you're really big) either. Our service provider at work is really cheap, so I put up with it... My personal domain account is the same as my free gmail account and I like it. Privacy seems good, too.

good luck -Jim