In case email messages are a fundamental component of your electronic correspondence with business partners or family members, it might be better to use an email with your very own personal domain and a mail service provider that supports the POP3 and IMAP email protocols, rather than using a web-based email service that entails restrictions with regard to the size of the attachments. In this way, you will be able to access your emails on any desktop or mobile device using any software – Apple Mail, Outlook, Thunderbird, and so on. With the IMAP email protocol, you will be able to check the email messages locally at your end, but they will be on the server all the time, whereas with POP3, all email messages will be downloaded onto the device, unless you choose a copy to be kept on the mail server. Also, you’ll be able to use lots of other useful options – calendars, contact groups, and so on, not to mention that in case there is a brief predicament with your Internet service, you can still check your emails since they will be on your desktop or mobile device.