If email messages are a key component of your communication with business partners or relatives, you might be better off using an email with your own domain name and a provider that supports the IMAP and POP3 protocols, instead of resorting to a web-based service that entails limitations with regards to the maximum size of the attachments. Thus, you will be able to access your emails on any desktop or mobile device using any client software – Thunderbird, Outlook, Apple Mail, and so forth. With the IMAP protocol, you’ll be able to examine the email messages 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 left on the mail server. Besides, you’ll be able to use many other valuable options – calendars, contact groups, etc., not to mention that in case there’s a brief problem with your Internet connection, you can still view your emails since they will be on your desktop or handheld device.