In case email messages are an essential component of your online correspondence with business associates or relatives, you may be better off using a mailbox with your very own personal domain name and a mail service provider that offers support for the IMAP and POP3 email delivery protocols, rather than relying on a web-based service that entails restrictions in regards to the maximum size of the attachments. In this way, you will be able to check your emails on any desktop or mobile device using any software – Thunderbird, Outlook, Apple Mail, and so on. With the IMAP email protocol, you’ll be able to view the email messages locally at your end, but they will be on the server all the time, whereas with POP3, all email messages will be downloaded onto the device, unless you choose a copy to be stored on the email server. Furthermore, you’ll be able to make use of plenty of other handy options – calendars, contact groups, etc., not to mention that if there is a brief issue with your Internet connectivity, you can still view your emails as they’ll be on your desktop or handheld device.