If you have an email account with your own domain name instead of a third-party one, you’ll be able to make use of an email software app such as Outlook, Thunderbird or Apple Mail to check and administer your email accounts. The benefit of using such apps is that they also offer other features, such as calendars and address books. There are two different email protocols that you can select from when you configure the app of your choosing to access your mailbox – POP3 and IMAP. With the first one, all email messages that are received will be downloaded on your device – mobile or desktop, unless you choose to save a copy on the server. With the second protocol, the email messages will be displayed at your end, but they will stay on the server all the time, so you can set up the account on multiple devices and see the email messages from any place. You’ll also be able to examine old email messages in case there’s an issue with your Internet connection, which is an immense advantage over web-based email services.