In case you have an email account with your very own personal domain instead of a third-party one, you will be able to use an email application such as Thunderbird, Apple Mail or Outlook to check and administer your email messages. The benefit of using such apps is that they also offer other features, such as address books and calendars. There are two email delivery protocols that you can select from when you configure the app of your preference to access your mailbox – POP3 and IMAP. With the first protocol, all email messages that are received will be downloaded onto your device – mobile or desktop, unless you decide to leave a copy on the server. With the second protocol, the messages will be displayed locally at your end, but they will stay on the server all the time, so you can set up the email account on numerous devices and see the messages from any location. You will also be able to see old emails in case there’s a predicament with your Internet service, which is an enormous advantage over a web-based service.
