Pilotwolf,
Of course Gmail aside, one has to wonder what level of security from spam scanning or privacy intrusion there is for ANY email trafic that is not en-crypted....
Bottom Line for me is, I assume that all my mail is read by 3rd party and keep "secret" stuff for face to face and phone calls.....
Aha ! I hear you saying, phone calls ey ....
Invictus