In case email messages are an important component of your e-communication with business colleagues or relatives, it would be better if you used an email account with your very own personal domain name and a mail service provider that supports the POP3 and IMAP email delivery protocols, instead of using a web-based service that entails restrictions with regards to the size of the attachments. In this way, you will be able to check your email messages on any desktop or mobile device using any program – Apple Mail, Thunderbird, Outlook, and so forth. With the IMAP email protocol, you’ll be able to view the emails at your end, but they will be on the server at all times, whereas with the POP3 protocol, all emails will be downloaded onto the device, unless you choose a copy to be stored on the email server. Additionally, you will be able to use a lot of other useful options – contact groups, calendars, and so on, not to mention that in case there is a brief problem with your Internet connectivity, you can still examine your email messages since they will be on your desktop or handheld device.