In case emails are an essential component of your e-correspondence with business associates or family members, you might be better off using an email account with your very own personal domain and an email service provider that supports the POP3 and IMAP email delivery protocols, rather than relying on a web-based service that entails limitations with regards to the maximum size of the attachments. Thus, you’ll be able to access your email accounts on any desktop or mobile device using any software program – Thunderbird, Apple Mail, Outlook, and so on. With the IMAP email protocol, you will be able to view the emails locally at your end, but they will be on the server at all times, while with the POP3 protocol, all emails will be downloaded to the device, unless you choose a copy to be stored on the mail server. Moreover, you will be able to make use of plenty of other handy options – calendars, contact groups, and so on, not to mention that if there’s a temporary predicament with your Internet service, you can still see your email messages as they’ll be on your desktop or handheld device.