In case email messages are an essential component of your e-correspondence with business colleagues or family members, you might be better off using an email address with your very own personal domain and an email service provider that offers support for the POP3 and IMAP email delivery protocols, rather than resorting to a web-based service that entails restrictions in 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 application – Thunderbird, Outlook, Apple Mail, and so forth. With the IMAP protocol, you will be able to see the email messages at your end, but they will be on the server all the time, while with the POP3 protocol, all emails will be downloaded to the device, unless you choose a copy to be left on the mail server. Plus, you will be able to make use of a lot of other handy options – calendars, contact groups, and so on, not to mention that if there is a temporary predicament with your Internet access, you can still view your email messages since they’ll be on your desktop or handheld device.