Another version has been released and Sage 50 is still not using Google's preferred OAuth2 authentication to send forms through Gmail.
Is there a reason why they're not fixing something that most email apps have been doing since 2015? Sage knows the issue exists because the knowledge base instructs users to adjust their Google account settings to "allow access to less secure apps." I'm not sure why this is such a low priority issue considering functionality with the world's most popular email service is broken.
- Customers shouldn't have to make their Gmail accounts more vulnerable as a workaround to enable functionality that is broken due to poor programming practices.
- Customers that use G Suite (Google for apps for business) do not have access to change critical account settings like the aforementioned unless they're an administrator.
- While customers can use a third-party app like Thunderbird as a workaround, this isn't feasible when they have more than one company file. Each different company will end up using the same default email address in the third-party app.
If there's anyone reading this that can bring this to the attention of someone at Sage who is capable of providing an answer or initiating the proper solution kindly do so.
I'm at the point where I'm starting to research a replacement for Sage 50, and I'd rather not because I'm generally satisfied with the rest of the product.