In case email messages are a fundamental part of your electronic communication with business associates or relatives, you may be better off using a mailbox with your very own personal domain and a mail service provider that offers support for the IMAP and POP3 protocols, instead of using a web-based service that entails limitations with regards to the size of the attachments. Thus, you will be able to access your email accounts on any desktop or mobile device using any software – Apple Mail, Outlook, Thunderbird, and so on. With the IMAP protocol, you will be able to check the emails locally at your end, but they will be on the server all the time, whereas with the POP3 protocol, all emails will be downloaded to the device, unless you choose a copy to be stored on the email server. Furthermore, you’ll be able to use a lot of other useful options – calendars, contact groups, and so on, not to mention that if there is a temporary problem with your Internet service, you can still see your emails since they will be on your desktop or mobile device.