If you have an email account with your very own personal domain instead of a 3rd-party one, you will be able to make use of an email app such as Apple Mail, Thunderbird or Outlook to access and manage your email accounts. The advantage of using such apps is that you can also take advantage of other features, such as calendars and address books. There are two different email protocols that you can choose from when you configure the application of your choosing to access your email account – POP3 and IMAP. With the first one, all messages that are received will be downloaded on your device – desktop or mobile, unless you decide to leave 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 messages from any place. You will also be able to access old email messages in case there is an issue with your Internet connection, which is an enormous advantage over web-based services.