In case you have a mailbox with your own personal domain name instead of a 3rd-party one, you’ll be able to make use of an email software application such as Outlook, Thunderbird or Apple Mail to check and administer your email accounts. The benefit of using such apps is that you can also take advantage of other features, such as calendars and address books. There are two email protocols that you can select from when you configure the application of your liking to access your email account – POP3 and IMAP. With the first protocol, all email messages that are received will be downloaded on your device – mobile or desktop, unless you opt to keep a copy on the mail server. With the second one, the email messages will be displayed at your end, but they will stay on the server at all times, so you can set up the email account on multiple devices and access the email messages from any place. You will also be able to see old emails in case there is a problem with your Internet access, which is an immense advantage over a web-based email service.