bignose<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/@argv_minus_one" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>argv_minus_one</span></a></span> <br>> the weird authentication protocol required by Gmail.</p><p>For that, specifically, I can only recommend: If a mail provider refuses to conform to standard auth protocols, they're a lost cause, ditch that provider.</p><p>As for this:</p><p>> what about email clients?</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Mutt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mutt</span></a> has served my needs for decades, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/AERC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AERC</span></a> is worth a look: <a href="https://aerc-mail.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">aerc-mail.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>and, for mobile devices, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/K9Mail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>K9Mail</span></a>: <a href="https://f-droid.org/packages/com.fsck.k9/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">f-droid.org/packages/com.fsck.</span><span class="invisible">k9/</span></a></p>