In case emails are a fundamental component of your online communication with business colleagues or family members, you would be better off using a mailbox with your very own personal domain name and an email service provider that offers support for the POP3 and IMAP protocols, rather than resorting to a web-based email service that entails restrictions as to the size of the attachments. Thus, you will be able to check your email accounts on any desktop or mobile device using any program – Apple Mail, Thunderbird, Outlook, and so on. With the IMAP email protocol, you’ll be able to see the emails locally at your end, but they will be on the server at all times, while with the POP3 protocol, all email messages will be downloaded to the device, unless you choose a copy to be saved on the server. Additionally, you will be able to take advantage of a lot of other handy options – calendars, contact groups, etc., not to mention that in case there is a brief issue with your Internet connectivity, you can still view your email messages as they’ll be on your desktop or mobile device.