Avoiding the restricted email scope - GMailApp verses MailApp

[Alan Wells]

The Apps Script documentation for GmailApp only shows one scope, the broad, restricted mail service scope.  It fails to explain that there is a GmailApp Scope that is as narrow as the MailApp scope and can be used for just sending an email with GmailApp. That scope is: "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.send"

I do not recommend using MailApp, even if all you want to do is send an email, for add-ons or apps used by anyone other than the owner of the script.

If the script is just for your own use, then using MailApp is probably not going to cause a problem.  But if you want to distribute an app to the public, then I would never use MailApp.

There have been problems with the MailApp service failing to send emails in some situations inside of domains. GmailApp is the mail service that seems to be the "standard" that works the best. Also, if you use the GmailApp scope of "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.send" , that scope is not a "restricted" scope. It's still a "sensitive" scope, but so is MailApp scope to just send an email.

[Darren D'Mello]

But we heard that if we use GMail scrope, we need to pau 15000$ for oauth scope verification.

Is that correct Alan?

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Best,

Darren

[Alan Wells]

You will not need to pay the security assessment of $15,000 or more if you use the Gmail scope:

"https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.send"

That scope only allows GMailApp to SEND an email.  You can not make email settings, or get existing emails.

On Tuesday, May 5, 2020 at 10:22:08 PM UTC-4, miscellaneousmailer wrote:

But we heard that if we use GMail scrope, we need to pau 15000$ for oauth scope verification.

Is that correct Alan?

On Tue, May 5, 2020 at 7:22 PM Alan Wells <aj.a...@gmail.com> wrote:

The Apps Script documentation for GmailApp only shows one scope, the broad, restricted mail service scope.  It fails to explain that there is a GmailApp Scope that is as narrow as the MailApp scope and can be used for just sending an email with GmailApp. That scope is: "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.send"

I do not recommend using MailApp, even if all you want to do is send an email, for add-ons or apps used by anyone other than the owner of the script.

If the script is just for your own use, then using MailApp is probably not going to cause a problem.  But if you want to distribute an app to the public, then I would never use MailApp.

There have been problems with the MailApp service failing to send emails in some situations inside of domains. GmailApp is the mail service that seems to be the "standard" that works the best. Also, if you use the GmailApp scope of "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.send" , that scope is not a "restricted" scope. It's still a "sensitive" scope, but so is MailApp scope to just send an email.

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Best,

Darren

[Darren D'Mello]

Thanks Alan. It was once misunderstood that using Gmail scope would cause security assessment fees.

On Wed, May 6, 2020, 5:09 PM Alan Wells <aj.a...@gmail.com> wrote:

You will not need to pay the security assessment of $15,000 or more if you use the Gmail scope:

"https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.send"

That scope only allows GMailApp to SEND an email.  You can not make email settings, or get existing emails.

On Tuesday, May 5, 2020 at 10:22:08 PM UTC-4, miscellaneousmailer wrote:

But we heard that if we use GMail scrope, we need to pau 15000$ for oauth scope verification.

Is that correct Alan?

On Tue, May 5, 2020 at 7:22 PM Alan Wells <aj.a...@gmail.com> wrote:

The Apps Script documentation for GmailApp only shows one scope, the broad, restricted mail service scope.  It fails to explain that there is a GmailApp Scope that is as narrow as the MailApp scope and can be used for just sending an email with GmailApp. That scope is: "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.send"

I do not recommend using MailApp, even if all you want to do is send an email, for add-ons or apps used by anyone other than the owner of the script.

If the script is just for your own use, then using MailApp is probably not going to cause a problem.  But if you want to distribute an app to the public, then I would never use MailApp.

There have been problems with the MailApp service failing to send emails in some situations inside of domains. GmailApp is the mail service that seems to be the "standard" that works the best. Also, if you use the GmailApp scope of "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.send" , that scope is not a "restricted" scope. It's still a "sensitive" scope, but so is MailApp scope to just send an email.

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Darren

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[Efficient Small Business]

Thanks for the tip!