[bitfolk] Suggestions for email hosting company

Hello, I am looking for suggestions for an email-hosting company. Need POP3 access. I need something other than Google. I need something that is reliable ... paid is okay. Something that does not require me to login every n months or they delete the mbox. I currently have registered domains at fasthosts.co.uk and they host email for about GBP 16/year. But they use Exchange servers .... is that good? So if you have any company that your can recommend, I would appreciate it. Also, I have a few domains that I also need to transfer ... hopefully to the same company as the email-hoster. Thanks in advance, Sandy.