In case you use an email account with your very own personal domain name instead of a 3rd-party one, you will be able to make use of an email app such as Thunderbird, Outlook or Apple Mail to access and administer your emails. The advantage of using such applications 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 liking to access your email account – POP3 and IMAP. With the first protocol, all email messages that are received will be downloaded onto your device – desktop or mobile, unless you choose to store a copy on the mail server. With the second protocol, the email messages will be displayed at your end, but they will remain on the server all the time, so you can set up the email account on numerous devices and access the email messages from any place. You will also be able to examine old emails if there’s an issue with your Internet access, which is an immense advantage over web-based services.