In case email messages are a vital component of your online correspondence with business partners or family members, you would be better off using an email with your own domain and an email service provider that offers support for the IMAP and POP3 email protocols, instead of using a web-based email service that entails limitations in regards to the size of the attachments. Thus, you will be able to access your email messages on any desktop or mobile device using any software application – Apple Mail, Thunderbird, Outlook, etc. With the IMAP email protocol, you will be able to view 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 left on the mail server. What’s more, you’ll be able to take advantage of lots of other useful options – contact groups, calendars, etc., not to mention that if there’s a temporary problem with your Internet access, you can still examine your emails as they will be on your desktop or handheld device.