In case emails are a fundamental part of your online communication with business partners or family members, you may be better off using an email address with your own domain and a provider that supports the IMAP and POP3 email protocols, rather than resorting to a web-based email service that involves restrictions with regards to the size of the attachments. In this way, you will be able to access your emails on any desktop or mobile device using any program – Thunderbird, Apple Mail, Outlook, etc. With the IMAP protocol, you will be able to see the emails locally at your end, but they will be on the server at all times, while with POP3, all emails will be downloaded onto the device, unless you choose a copy to be left on the server. Besides, you will be able to use lots of other handy options – calendars, contact groups, etc., not to mention that if there’s a temporary predicament with your Internet connectivity, you can still view your email messages as they will be on your desktop or mobile device.