I have five separate Gmail accounts, never a problem with any of them...Among other benefits I make extensive use of the blog attachments...No charge for those either......Ben
I have a gmail account that I use for most email along with a gmx account and one on my son's personal domain (hosted by gmail for business) that I use only for close friends and family so that it won't get spammed. Had the gmail for many years since our cable company dumped its email service.
You can't continue using your current address? I use both GMail and Yahoo, have used both for many years. No problems/preferences with either. Also have an iCloud address that I seldom use.