The Bat! v7.1 Christmas Edition features OAuth authentication for Gmail and Mail.Ru

06.01.2016 13:26
2014
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Ritlabs, SRL releases The Bat! v7.1.8 Christmas Edition with several new features, including OAuth authentication with Gmail and Mail.Ru, custom display names in the message list and others. The developers of the email client have also increased the download speed of a large number of messages in POP3 accounts, added new features and improvements in RSS and EWS accounts as well as in search, Inbox Analyzer and Mail Ticker, IPN reports, quoting a press release of Ritlabs, SRL.

The new version of The Bat! allows authenticating with Gmail and Mail.Ru accounts using the OAuth 2.0 protocol. This is a modern way to access these email accounts because the passwords to access these accounts will not be stored in The Bat! configuration files, as before.

While creating a new account for Gmail or Mail.Ru in The Bat!, the program will prompt users to sign in with the respective email service via a web browser window. Once the user has successfully signed in, The Bat! will be able to connect directly to Gmail or Mail.Ru to send and receive emails as usual.

To configure OAuth for existing Gmail or Mail.Ru accounts in The Bat!, users should access the "Account -> Properties -> Transport -> Receive mail -> Authentication" menu, enable "OAUTH (using Web Browser)" and save changes. The Bat! will remove the password from the account and use the modern authentication mechanism to send and receive messages.

Starting with The Bat! v7.1 it is possible to change the senders’ and recipients’ names displayed in the message list. By default, the program shows the name from the message header, i.e. the name that the sender used when he/she composed the email. Users can change the display name to the preferred one if they add this contact to the address book.

Ritlabs, SRL has introduced many updates to the EWS protocol handling and increased the overall program stability in the new version.

By tradition, Ritlabs, SRL launches The Bat! Christmas Edition every year.

Ritlabs, SRL is the only company in Moldova that creates integral computer software and sells it all over the world under the own brand name. The Bat! is the only brand in Moldova’s IT sector that is well known abroad. The company’s programs are annually sold in about 100 different countries, with people in 191 countries using The Bat! .