A webmail app lets you send and receive emails from browser with no need to set up an email address inside an app such as Outlook or Thunderbird. When you take a trip, for example, it is possible to check your email messages from an Internet café and you will not have to download, install or set up anything. Webmail clients are advanced enough to present you with a number of options such as having an address book or making folders that will later appear in your e mail client. As a webmail app works with the messages within the server, it is important that you employ the IMAP protocol if you configure an email account on your desktop. You may still use webmail if you pick POP, but old messages won't be accessible due to the fact that they will have been downloaded on the computer. You can take advantage of webmail provided that there is any sort of email address created in your hosting account and using an e-mail app before being able to use webmail is not a requirement, so that you can control your digital communication solely through an Internet browser.