There are many web-based email providers that you can resort to, but using an email with your own personal domain will give you more credibility if you are running a company, for example, not to mention that with web-based email services there are limitations on the maximum size of the attachments that you can receive or send. If you use an email service that supports the IMAP and POP3 email delivery protocols, you will not encounter such problems and you’ll be able to use any software program on your computer to check your mailboxes, including Thunderbird, Apple Mail or Outlook. You can even set up an email account on your smartphone. The difference between the two email 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 onto your computer, unless you configure the program in such a way as to leave a copy on the server.