Okay, so I don't need push contacts and calendar--just email. I have MobileMe, which I expect to let expire. But I DO want push email. So I turned to Google and found mail2web.com, which offers a free exchange email address. They even have a front page add for iPhone support. A search in the 'NN forums didn't show anything concerning their exchange email services, so I tried it out. Very nice I must say. It will fetch email from other addresses if you want (I will probably just forward them) and it offers the ability to send through that exchange server from another regular email address. I'm going to keep digging and playing with it, but so far I'm moderately impressed. I'm sure there may be other options out there, so please share and compare!
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