Google blocking installation of Mail Boss

[GLIT Utilities]

Hi Justin,

I just tried installing Mail Boss. Using Chrome I got the pop-up window describing Googles new financial extortion policy but when I clicked on the Enable Mail Boss button at the bottom of the page nothing happened. I switched to Edge where clicking the button resulted in a message to disable the pop-up blocker. After doing that clicking the button gives me the following screen:

As you can see this is different wording to the screen you describe in your installation instructions and more importantly it doesn't provide any options to proceed with the installation anyway.

(I also tried disabling the pop-up blocker in Chrome but that still didn't even get me to the above screen).

Are you aware of this issue and do you know of any workaround?

Andy

[GLIT Utilities]

Sorry... Dustin, not Justin.

[Admin]

Hi Andy,

Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I think that you're seeing that screen because Google caps the number of users that can activate an unverified app. Fortunately, I can switch to a new app account when the limit is reached in order to allow more people to sign up. I just switched Mail Boss to use a different Google app account so would you mind giving it another try and letting me know if it's working or if it's still broken?

Thanks!

Dustin

[Armando Rubio]

You're a great man Dustin.

[Boris Brdarić]

Hi Dustin,

I am also facing the same issue, trying to install it for private G Suite account.

Is there any solution?

Regards,

Boris.

[Admin]

Hi Boris,

I'm sorry but there isn't a solution for this right now. Google has limited all new sign ups to 100 people for applications that don't pay $15k to $75k for a security audit so right now Mail Boss is unable to take any new subscribers. However, I have started work on changes to how Mail Boss works that would move it out of the restrictive Google/Gmail ecosystem and allow it to work for any number of users. Unfortunately, that solution is probably still a few months away.

Dustin

[Boris Brdarić]

Yes, I've read that and I understand.

Thanks for your reply and keep up the good work, it seems like a great project!

[Jools J]

Hi. Is MB currently still at subscriber capacity? I can't even get it to give me the "temporarily disabled" popup, I click enable and nothing happens. If it is still at capacity, anyone know any other free alternative? Hope you can find away around google's awfulness. Thanks for any info!

[Admin]

Hi Jools,

Yes, MB is still maxed out since Google only allows 100 users before they block new sign-ups (or don't even return the approval form). However, I have been working on a new version of Mail Boss that works similarly but avoids the Google restrictions. I'll be releasing a beta version in a couple of weeks at the same site (www.mailboss.org).

Dustin