Catherine,
The problem with asking questions like this is that you will probably get EVERY email handler being suggested to you as everyone has their own opinions on what's good and what's not... so you'll end up even more confused lol. Personally I like google mail, but it has it's good and bad points as ALL of them do. George's suggestion above is good but like I say there are many out there. To answer your question on 'does one work better than another' .. hmm difficult question... probably as I alrerady mentioned, all have good things about them as much as they have bad... I have probably been through most of them as have many people, it's just a case of what suits you really.
Happy hunting though
