In case you’ve got a domain name and a web hosting package for it, you will be able to create email accounts for personal or business purposes and to set them up with email software programs such as Apple Mail, Outlook or Thunderbird. During the procedure, you will be able to pick one of the two most popular email delivery protocols – IMAP or POP3. The first one will permit you to view all email messages, but they will stay on the email server, whereas with the second one, all messages will be downloaded to the device where the email account is created, unless you specifically choose a copy to be saved on the server. Thus, you can choose if you would like all your email communication to be stored on a single device, or if you’d rather be able to view the email messages from many locations. The latter option is very convenient for firms where a number of people working on separate computers need access to a given mailbox.