If you have an email account with your own domain name and not a third-party one, you will be able to make use of an email software app such as Outlook, Thunderbird or Apple Mail to access and administer your mailboxes. The advantage of using such apps is that they also offer other features, such as address books and calendars. There are two email retrieval protocols that you can choose from when you set up the app of your choosing to access your email account – POP3 and IMAP. With the first one, all messages that are received will be downloaded to your device – desktop or mobile, unless you decide to leave a copy on the mail server. With the second protocol, the email messages will be displayed at your end, but they will stay on the server at all times, so you can set up the email account on numerous devices and see the messages from any place. You’ll also be able to check old emails if there is a problem with your Internet connection, which is a big advantage over a web-based service.