A webmail app allows you to send and receive emails from browser with no need to set up an e-mail in a program such as Thunderbird or Outlook. If you travel, for example, it is possible to check your emails from an Internet café and you will not have to download, install or configure anything at all. Webmail clients are advanced enough to present you with lots of options such as having an address book or creating folders that will later come in your e mail application. As a webmail software works with the messages on your server, it is necessary that you employ the IMAP protocol any time you create an email account on your computer. You may still use webmail if you select POP, but old messages will not be accessible since they'll have been downloaded on your computer. You can take advantage of webmail provided that there is any email created inside your web hosting account and using an email application prior to being able to use webmail isn't a prerequisite, so that you can manage your electronic communication solely from a web browser.