In case emails are a vital part of your electronic communication with business associates or family members, it may be better to use an email with your own personal domain and a mail service provider that offers support for the POP3 and IMAP email delivery protocols, rather than using a web-based email service that involves restrictions in regards to the size of the attachments. In this way, you will be able to check your emails on any desktop or mobile device using any software app – Apple Mail, Thunderbird, Outlook, etc. With the IMAP protocol, you will be able to examine the emails at your end, but they will be on the server all the time, whereas with POP3, all emails will be downloaded on the device, unless you choose a copy to be saved on the server. Additionally, you will be able to use a lot of other useful options – contact groups, calendars, and so on, not to mention that if there’s a brief problem with your Internet access, you can still view your emails since they will be on your desktop or handheld device.