I often recommend mailinabox for the same thing…

On android: have you tried Thunderbird with davx5 as the connector?

I have suggested people start with MailInABox and go from there…

https://mailinabox.email/

If you are looking for displacement activities that have large amounts of slow steady methodical development of learning and new skills, with a thrilling and short adrenalised conclusion, I can highly recommend low powered model rocketry.

I’ve progressively levelled up my design, construction and painting skills, and the 10-90second flight at the end is quite a rush when you find out if your all your work passes the ultimate test from the laws of space and time, or if you’re about to instead learn something to take into the next build…

Plus, there’s usually plenty of rocketry clubs scattered around with amazing people to help on the journey…

I think the “dull” metre is an external one…

I’m into all manner of exciting things that people think are completely dull if I talk about it…

Welcome to the party… (please turn the music down as you come past the stereo and can you bring less spicy dip next time please?..)

Only 395?!?!

I don’t upload my photos to the cloud, and don’t use the search function. It’s just a photo library app on the phone. It seems to do a better job of post processing the pics from my Pixel, which is why in use it.

It let’s you run Google Photos without network permissions and with storage scopes limiting it to certain folders.

https://www.notboring.co/p/the-electric-slide

A long but very worthwhile read for anyone wanting to understand the electrification industry.