Web2Mail Lite (http://www.web2mail.com/lite/welcome.php) is a free service giving you:

A way to read and send POP email on the web
A new email address - username@web2mail.com
Email subscriptons to your favorite web pages
A way to browse and search the web by email


One thing: I am not 100% convinced about privacy. You can read their policy here (http://www.web2mail.com/privacy/policy.php). To consider:
We use your information to create information about you which we use to identify your preferences. This enables us to personalise offers, advertisements and services to suit your individual preferences.
On the other hand, they promise:
We will never disclose your email address or any other personal data to any third party save as required by applicable law
We will never send you emails without your permission
We will delete all data capable of identifying you personally from our records if you completely unsubscribe from the Web2Mail service.

Oh, and it's free.

I didn't see any mention of mailbox limits. in the quick look I had at the site... Anyone else??

Craig.

Hm that's strange, I cannot find anything on mailbox space, but I think I recall 20Mb from reading somewhere before.

I've used mail2web.com (http://www.mail2web.com) for years, also free and you don't have to sign up to use it. They also have a news2web that retrieves newsnet postings.