If emails are a fundamental part of your electronic communication with business associates or family members, it would be better if you used an email address with your own personal domain and an email provider that supports the IMAP and POP3 email protocols, instead of relying on a web-based email service that entails limitations as to the size of the attachments. In this way, you’ll be able to check your emails on any desktop or mobile device using any software – Thunderbird, Outlook, Apple Mail, etc. With the IMAP email protocol, you’ll be able to see the email messages locally at your end, but they will be on the server all the time, whereas with the POP3 protocol, all emails will be downloaded on the device, unless you choose a copy to be kept on the email server. Moreover, you’ll be able to make use of plenty of other useful options – calendars, contact groups, and so on, not to mention that in case there’s a brief issue with your Internet access, you can still check your email messages since they will be on your desktop or mobile device.
