I don't have any problems using the native mail app with Gmail. The only reason I had to turn off to factor authentication was so I could set up my Gmail account with outlook 2013. For some reason, outlook doesn't support two-step authentication. I find that to be utterly ridiculous, but that's Microsoft for you.
Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 3, 2015, at 7:10 PM, Shaf <[email protected]> wrote: > > No, use the native mail app. It is perfectly fine; probably just Google > advertising their services. > >> On 6/4/2015 12:46 AM, Arnold Schmidt wrote: >> Ever since I got my iPhone 5 in 2012, and now with my iPhone 6, I have used >> GMail with the native mail app with no problem. But when I tried to send a >> message a few minutes ago, it wouldn't take it and told me that if I wanted >> the highest security standards, I had to use the gmail app. Or, I could >> switch it so I could use the native mail app, but I would no longer have the >> most modern security standard, and it would be easier for somebody to break >> into my account. I switched it so I could get this message sent, but I am >> skeptical, in that they want me to use their app, rather than the Apple app. >> Or, am I naive, and really do need to use their app? Thanks for any >> opinions. >> >> Arnold Schmidt >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. >> All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any >> questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a >> member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators >> directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list >> can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any > questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a > member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators > directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list > can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
