In case emails are an indivisible component of your communication with business colleagues or family members, it may be better to use an email address with your very own personal domain name and an email provider that offers support for the IMAP and POP3 email delivery protocols, rather than using a web-based service that involves restrictions 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 protocol, you’ll be able to check the emails locally at your end, but they will be on the server at all times, whereas with POP3, all emails will be downloaded on the device, unless you choose a copy to be saved on the mail server. On top of that, you’ll be able to make use of many other valuable options – calendars, contact groups, etc., not to mention that if there is a brief problem with your Internet connection, you can still examine your emails as they’ll be on your desktop or handheld device.
