There are a lot of web-based email service providers that you can resort to, but having a mailbox with your own domain name will provide you with more credibility if you are running a company, for example, not to mention that with web-based email services there are limitations on the size of the attachments that you can send or receive. In case you use an email service that offers support for the POP3 and IMAP email protocols, you will not have such problems and you’ll be able to use any program on your computer to check your email messages, including Outlook, Thunderbird or Apple Mail. You can even set up an email account on your phone. The difference between the two email protocols is that with IMAP, an email message is displayed at your end, but remains on the server, while with POP3, the message is downloaded to your PC, unless you configure the program in such a way as to keep a copy on the server.
