If email messages are an integral component of your e-communication with business partners or family members, it would be better to use a mailbox with your very own personal domain and an email service provider that offers support for the POP3 and IMAP protocols, rather than relying on a web-based service that involves limitations with regards to the maximum size of the attachments. In this way, you’ll be able to check your mails on any desktop or mobile device using any program – Thunderbird, Outlook, Apple Mail, and so forth. With the IMAP protocol, you’ll be able to view the email messages at your end, but they will be on the server all the time, whereas with the POP3 protocol, all email messages will be downloaded onto the device, unless you choose a copy to be left on the mail server. Furthermore, you will be able to take advantage of many other handy options – calendars, contact groups, and so on, not to mention that if there is a temporary problem with your Internet connectivity, you can still examine your email messages as they will be on your desktop or handheld device.