[little jeremiah]

Tech tard here - what does “email client” mean? You mean like gmail?

[Chad C. Mulligan]

what does “email client” mean

Means whatever software runs on your computer/device to access an email server like Gmail. Although you REALLY should not be using Guugle. Something like ProtonMail is far, far safer. My client, FWIW is the old Mozilla Thunderbird, (which isn't Mozilla anymore).