There’re numerous web-based email providers that you can use, but using a mailbox with your very own personal domain will provide you with more credibility if you have a company, for instance, not to mention that with web-based services there are restrictions on the size of the attachments that you can receive or send. If you use an email service that supports the POP3 and IMAP email protocols, you won’t have such problems and you’ll be able to use any software program on your personal computer to access your email accounts, including Outlook, Thunderbird or Apple Mail. You can even set up an email account on your mobile device. The difference between the two protocols is that with IMAP, an email message is displayed at your end, but remains on the mail server, while with POP3, the message is downloaded on your computer, unless you configure the program in such a way as to save a copy on the server.