In case emails are an important component of your communication with business colleagues or relatives, it may be better to use an email account with your own personal domain name and a mail service provider that supports the IMAP and POP3 protocols, rather than resorting to a web-based service that involves restrictions in regards to the maximum size of the attachments. Thus, you’ll be able to check your emails on any desktop or mobile device using any program – Outlook, Apple Mail, Thunderbird, and so forth. With the IMAP protocol, you’ll be able to see the email messages at your end, but they will be on the server at all times, whereas with POP3, all emails will be downloaded on the device, unless you choose a copy to be stored on the email server. Additionally, you will be able to make use of plenty of other useful options – contact groups, calendars, and so on, not to mention that if there is a temporary problem with your Internet connectivity, you can still examine your emails as they will be on your desktop or mobile device.