Affordable & Reliable Email Hosting?

sarcast asks: "I am looking for an affordable email-only solution for basically forwarding any emails from a domain name ([e-mail]) to someone's personal email account ([e-mail]). The point being that the person can buy a domain name and then if they decide they want to change ISPs, it is just a simple matter of forwarding to another address. With the recent downturn of some ISPs, people that have had their email address with a certain provider for years, will probably lose them. There are plenty of people out there offering to host my email, but they package it with a website deal which is a waste if all I want is just an email package. Has anyone had good experiences with any company in particular?" This was last asked over a year ago, has there been any new developments on this front?