In case emails are a vital component of your online communication with business associates or relatives, it might be better to use a mailbox with your own personal domain and a provider that supports the POP3 and IMAP protocols, rather than using a web-based email service that entails restrictions as to the size of the attachments. Thus, you will be able to access your mails on any desktop or mobile device using any client software – Apple Mail, Outlook, Thunderbird, and so on. With the IMAP email protocol, you’ll be able to examine the emails locally at your end, but they will be on the server all the time, while with POP3, all emails will be downloaded to the device, unless you choose a copy to be kept on the mail server. Moreover, you will be able to take advantage of plenty of other handy options – contact groups, calendars, etc., not to mention that in case there is a brief issue with your Internet connectivity, you can still examine your email messages as they’ll be on your desktop or handheld device.