There are a lot of web-based email service providers that you can resort to, but using an email account with your own domain will provide you with more credibility if you are running a company, for instance, not to mention that with web-based email services there are limitations on the size of the attachments that you can receive or send. In case you use an email service that supports the POP3 and IMAP email delivery protocols, you won’t come across such problems and you’ll be able to use any software program on your personal computer to check your emails, including Outlook, Thunderbird or Apple Mail. You can even set up an email account on your mobile device. The difference between the two protocols is that with IMAP, an email message is displayed locally at your end, but remains on the server, while with POP3, the message is downloaded on your computer, unless you configure the program in such a way as to keep a copy on the server.