If email messages are a fundamental component of your e-correspondence with business associates or family members, it might be better to use an email with your own personal domain name and a provider that supports the POP3 and IMAP protocols, instead of relying on a web-based email service that entails restrictions with regard to the size of the attachments. Thus, you’ll be able to access your email accounts on any desktop or mobile device using any software program – Outlook, Thunderbird, Apple Mail, and so on. With the IMAP protocol, you’ll be able to see the email messages at your end, but they will be on the server all the time, while with POP3, all email messages will be downloaded onto the device, unless you choose a copy to be saved on the mail server. Also, you’ll be able to take advantage of plenty of other handy options – contact groups, calendars, and so on, not to mention that in case there’s a temporary predicament with your Internet connectivity, you can still examine your emails since they will be on your desktop or mobile device.