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The recommended way are app passwords. You basically generate a password for each app that needs to access your mail account. You can easily revoke access for a single app in case something goes wrong. Also, nobody gets the chance to read your actual password.

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Unfortunately, you can't access GMail over its "native" protocol using app-specific passwords: it'll only work for IMAP. And the GMail client is a terrible IMAP client. My inbox and folders / labels would constantly desync. I'd moved to FastMail a while back and the problem persisted, so I'm reasonably sure it's the client.

I'm actually using Outlook as my e-mail client now. It's surprisingly snappy for my minimal needs. Maybe I should switch to iCloud for e-mail, and aim for the trifecta...

Did you try K-9 Mail?

Warning: Outlook for Android stores your mails and all other data in the cloud! It is former Acompli app.

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