If you use an email address with your own domain name and not a 3rd-party one, you’ll be able to make use of an email app such as Thunderbird, Apple Mail or Outlook to access and administer your email messages. The advantage of using such applications is that they also offer other features, such as calendars and address books. There are two different email retrieval protocols that you can select from when you set up the application of your choice to access your mailbox – POP3 and IMAP. With the first protocol, all email messages that are received will be downloaded to your device – mobile or desktop, unless you decide to keep a copy on the mail server. With the second one, the messages will be displayed at your end, but they will remain on the server all the time, so you can set up the account on numerous devices and check the email messages from any location. You’ll also be able to check old email messages if there’s an issue with your Internet connectivity, which is a big advantage over web-based email services.