There are lots of web-based email providers that you can use, but having an email address with your very own personal domain name will grant you more credibility if you are running a business, for instance, not to mention that with web-based email services there are limits on the size of the attachments that you can send or receive. In case you use an email service that supports the POP3 and IMAP protocols, you will not bump into such problems and you’ll be able to use any software program on your PC to access your mailboxes, including Thunderbird, Outlook 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 email server, whereas with POP3, the message is downloaded onto your computer, unless you set up the program in such a way as to keep a copy on the server.

POP3 IMAP E-mail Accounts in Website Hosting

If you buy a Linux website hosting package through us, you will be able to create mailboxes with any domain name hosted under your account and to set them up with any email app. During the process, you can select POP3 or IMAP as we offer support for the two email retrieval protocols, so it will be up to you if all email messages will be downloaded at your end or if they will remain on the mail server. With our company, you can even set up a mailbox on your phone irrespective of its OS and we’ve got comprehensive tutorials on how to perform that. To save yourself time, you can also download and run our auto-configuration files to set up an email account in Apple Mail, Outlook or Thunderbird automatically. With our hosting plans, you can select a desired device and software app to examine your emails.