If email messages are an important component of your e-communication with business associates or family members, it would be better to use an email account with your very own personal domain and an email service provider that offers support for the POP3 and IMAP protocols, rather than relying on a web-based email service that involves restrictions in regards to the maximum size of the attachments. Thus, you’ll be able to check your email messages on any desktop or mobile device using any software program – Outlook, Apple Mail, Thunderbird, etc. With the IMAP email protocol, you will be able to examine the emails locally at your end, but they will be on the server at all times, whereas with the POP3 protocol, all emails will be downloaded to the device, unless you choose a copy to be saved on the email server. Plus, you will be able to make use of many other useful options – contact groups, calendars, and so on, not to mention that if there’s a brief issue with your Internet connectivity, you can still examine your emails as they will be on your desktop or mobile device.