If email messages are a key component of your e-correspondence with business associates or relatives, you might be better off using an email address with your own domain name and an email service provider that supports the POP3 and IMAP email retrieval protocols, rather than resorting to a web-based service that entails limitations with regards to the maximum size of the attachments. Thus, you will be able to check your emails on any desktop or mobile device using any software program – Thunderbird, Apple Mail, Outlook, and so forth. With the IMAP email protocol, you’ll be able to examine the emails at your end, but they will be on the server at all times, while with POP3, all email messages will be downloaded onto the device, unless you choose a copy to be kept on the server. Plus, you will be able to use lots of other useful options – calendars, contact groups, and so on, not to mention that if there’s a temporary issue with your Internet service, you can still view your email messages as they’ll be on your desktop or handheld device.