If you have an email address with your own personal domain and not a third-party one, you will be able to use an email app such as Outlook, Thunderbird or Apple Mail to check and administer your emails. The benefit of using such applications is that they also offer other features, such as address books and calendars. There are two email protocols that you can select from when you configure the application of your preference to access your mailbox – POP3 and IMAP. With the first one, all email messages that are received will be downloaded to your device – desktop or mobile, unless you opt to store a copy on the email server. With the second protocol, the messages will be displayed locally at your end, but they will remain on the server all the time, so you can set up the email account on numerous devices and view the messages from any place. You will also be able to view old email messages if there’s a problem with your Internet service, which is a big advantage over a web-based email service.