If you have a mailbox with your very own personal domain instead of a 3rd-party one, you will be able to use an email app such as Apple Mail, Outlook or Thunderbird to access and manage your emails. The benefit of using such apps is that they also offer other features, such as address books and calendars. There are two different email protocols that you can choose from when you set up the application 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 – desktop or mobile, unless you opt to save a copy on the server. With the second one, the email 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 access the messages from any location. You will also be able to examine old emails in case there’s an issue with your Internet connectivity, which is an immense advantage over web-based services.