In case you use an email account with your own personal domain instead of a 3rd-party one, you will be able to use an email app such as Apple Mail, Outlook or Thunderbird to access and administer your email accounts. The advantage of using such applications is that they also offer other features, such as address books and calendars. There are two different email retrieval protocols that you can select from when you set up the application of your choosing to access your mailbox – POP3 and IMAP. With the first one, all email messages that are received will be downloaded onto your device – desktop or mobile, unless you decide to store a copy on the 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 numerous devices and see the messages from any location. You’ll also be able to see old emails if there is an issue with your Internet access, which is a big advantage over web-based services.
