If you have an email account with your own personal domain name and not a 3rd-party one, you’ll be able to make use of an email application such as Apple Mail, Outlook or Thunderbird to check and manage your email messages. The benefit of using such apps is that you can also take advantage of other features, such as address books and calendars. There are two email protocols that you can select from when you configure the app of your preference to access your mailbox – POP3 and IMAP. With the first one, all messages that are received will be downloaded on your device – mobile or desktop, unless you decide to save a copy on the server. With the second one, the email 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 place. You’ll also be able to view old emails if there’s a predicament with your Internet connectivity, which is a big advantage over a web-based service.