In case email messages are an indivisible part of your e-communication with business associates or relatives, it would be better to use an email address with your own personal domain and an email service provider that offers support for the IMAP and POP3 email retrieval protocols, instead of using a web-based service that involves limitations as to the size of the attachments. In this way, you will be able to check your emails on any desktop or mobile device using any client software – Outlook, Apple Mail, Thunderbird, etc. With the IMAP email protocol, you will be able to view the email messages locally at your end, but they will be on the server at all times, while with the POP3 protocol, all emails will be downloaded on the device, unless you choose a copy to be stored on the email server. In addition, you will be able to take advantage of many other useful options – contact groups, calendars, etc., not to mention that if there’s a temporary issue with your Internet connectivity, you can still view your emails since they’ll be on your desktop or handheld device.