In case email messages are a vital component of your online communication with business associates or family members, it would be better to use a mailbox with your very own personal domain name and an email provider that supports the POP3 and IMAP email protocols, instead of resorting to a web-based service that entails limitations with regard to the maximum size of the attachments. In this way, you’ll be able to access your mailboxes on any desktop or mobile device using any client – Apple Mail, Thunderbird, Outlook, and so on. With the IMAP protocol, you’ll be able to view the email messages at your end, but they will be on the server at all times, whereas with the POP3 protocol, all emails will be downloaded on the device, unless you choose a copy to be left on the email server. On top of that, you’ll be able to take advantage of a lot of other useful options – contact groups, calendars, etc., not to mention that in case there is a brief problem with your Internet connectivity, you can still examine your email messages since they will be on your desktop or handheld device.