There’re numerous web-based mail service providers that you can resort to, but using a mailbox with your own domain name will give you more credibility if you are running a business, for example, not to mention that with web-based email services there are limitations on the maximum size of the attachments that you can receive or send. If you use an email service that offers support for the POP3 and IMAP email protocols, you will not come across such problems and you will be able to use any software program on your PC to check your emails, including Outlook, Apple Mail or Thunderbird. You can even set up an email account on your smartphone. The difference between the two protocols is that with IMAP, an email message is displayed at your end, but remains on the mail server, while with POP3, the message is downloaded to your computer, unless you configure the program in such a way as to save a copy on the server.
