There are numerous web-based mail service providers that you can resort to, but having an email with your very own personal domain name will give you more credibility if you have a business, for example, not to mention that with web-based email services there are limits on the maximum size of the attachments that you can receive or send. If you use an email service that offers support for the POP3 and IMAP email protocols, you will not come across such problems and you’ll be able to use any software program on your personal computer to access your mailboxes, including Thunderbird, Apple Mail or Outlook. You can even set up a mailbox on your mobile device. The difference between the two protocols is that with IMAP, an email message is displayed locally at your end, but remains on the server, while with POP3, the message is downloaded onto your computer, unless you set up the program in such a way as to leave a copy on the server.