There’re a lot of web-based email service providers that you can resort to, but having an email with your very own personal domain will provide you with more credibility if you have a business, for example, not to mention that with web-based services there are limits on the size of the attachments that you can receive or send. In case you use an email service that offers support for the POP3 and IMAP protocols, you will not come across such problems and you will be able to use any software program on your computer to check your email messages, including Apple Mail, Outlook or Thunderbird. You can even set up an email account on your phone. The difference between the two protocols is that with IMAP, an email message is displayed at your end, but remains on the server, whereas with POP3, the message is downloaded on your personal computer, unless you set up the program in such a way as to keep a copy on the server.