If email messages are an essential part of your e-correspondence with business colleagues or family members, it might be better to use a mailbox with your own domain name and a provider that supports the IMAP and POP3 email protocols, rather than resorting to a web-based service that involves limitations with regards to the maximum size of the attachments. In this way, you will be able to access your email messages on any desktop or mobile device using any software application – Thunderbird, Outlook, Apple Mail, and so forth. With the IMAP email protocol, you’ll be able to view the emails locally at your end, but they will be on the server at all times, whereas with POP3, all email messages will be downloaded to the device, unless you choose a copy to be saved on the server. In addition, you’ll be able to make use of many other useful options – calendars, contact groups, and so on, not to mention that in case there is a temporary issue with your Internet connectivity, you can still view your emails since they’ll be on your desktop or handheld device.