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Updates and news about our favourite anti-spam service.

5 things you did not know about Spamdrain

Posted on September 27, 2016

Do you know that there are a few hidden tips at Spamdrain? Well, actually, they are not hidden, but just easy to miss. Here are some hints that can make your friendship with our Spamster even stronger. Check out below: … Continue reading

5 tips on how to write an email effectively

Posted on September 6, 2016

Here are the most common tips that our spamster has gathered for his users: 1) Specify the subject field Always clarify the subject with the words related to the message. Try to put the subject line that will describe the … Continue reading

POP3 and IMAP: basics and differences

Posted on August 16, 2016

Spamdrain filtering supports two type of connections: IMAP and POP3. POP3 is an internet protocol to retrieve email. Email messages are delivered and stored on your personal computer, mobile device or any other tablet or phone. When you check e-mail, read it, it … Continue reading

Email Dictionary: Glossary of Terms You Should Know, Part 2

Posted on July 20, 2016

Here is the second part of the most common words in email domain that you should be aware of while using email services.  Email client: The software that recipients use to read email. Some email clients have better support for HTML … Continue reading

Email Dictionary: Glossary of Terms You Should Know, Part 1

Posted on July 8, 2016

Here are some useful words regarding email domain that our spamster gathered for our users: Alias: A unique and usually shorter URL (link) that can be distinguished from other links even if they ultimately go to the same Web page. This makes … Continue reading

New Help Articles

Posted on June 22, 2016

Thanks to our users, we have already updated some articles and added two new help articles at our help center. One of them is regarding Apple two factor authentication issue and another one is regarding yahoo mail connection. Please feel free to … Continue reading

Beta of our new webapp released

Posted on April 24, 2015

Today we have the pleasure to announce that we’ve released a public beta of the new webapp we’ve been working on for the past months. So far you will be able to access your filtered messages – search, report, release and … Continue reading

New iOS and Android apps published

Posted on March 27, 2015

Today we have the pleasure to announce that both our iOS and Android apps now are available in App Store and Google Play Store. These new apps brings a new look including a new logo and colors. We have also … Continue reading

New web site launched and still open spots for beta testing apps

Posted on February 25, 2015

We are slowly rolling out our new design which now is available at spamdrain.com. We are doing the changes gradually so for a couple of weeks you may see a mix of old design and new one. So please bare … Continue reading

New beta versions of Android and iOS apps published

Posted on February 21, 2015

Today we have the pleasure to announce we have released the second beta of both our iOS and Android apps. This second beta adds better support for iPad and tablets. We have also fixed some issues and added a tutorial … Continue reading

Beta testers for both iOS app and Android app wanted

Posted on February 6, 2015

We are about to release beta versions for our Android and iOS apps. So if you’re interested in getting your hands on the new fresh look and have the opportunity to give us feedback before the final release, please sign … Continue reading

Bug fix release of SpamDrain iOS app soon available in App Store

Posted on January 23, 2015

As we reported earlier this week we had some issues in our latest update. The review went really fast this time so the new version 2.0.12 is already approved for App Store. It may tak a day or two before … Continue reading

Report/Release issue in latest SpamDrain iOS app version 2.0.11

Posted on January 22, 2015

Update: New version 2.0.12 is now approved and soon available in App Store. Please make sure to update. Unfortunately we have two issues in our latest iOS app, version 2.0.11. The first issue is in the Blocked and Allowed lists, … Continue reading

SpamDrain 2.0 for Android…now in a Google Play store near you

Posted on September 23, 2014

Today we published version 2.0 of the SpamDrain Android app. Big thanks to all beta testers who helped us nail down the last (known) bugs. With this new version you will be able to search in the message lists. There … Continue reading

New beta of SpamDrain email anti-spam app for Android released

Posted on September 4, 2014

We are wrapping up the final features and adjustments for the release of SpamDrain 2.0 for Android and today we have the pleasure to announce that the third beta of SpamDrain 2.0 is available through Google Play store for all … Continue reading

Beware of Phishing E-mails from the Swedish Tax Office – (Spam) They never send e-mails

Posted on August 22, 2014

Beware of e-mails from the Swedish Tax Office A great number of Swedes has the latest days received e-mails (spam) from phishers with “click here to get your tax return immediately”. The aim of the bluffers is of course to … Continue reading

[SOLVED] Problem with accessing filtered messages – storage provider issues

Posted on May 1, 2014

We are currently experiencing problems with our main storage provider. This leads to that not all filtered messages can be viewed and released. Our provider is working on a solution and we will update this post as soon as we … Continue reading

SpamDrain not affected by Heartbleed bug

Posted on April 14, 2014

There has been a lot of news the past week about a security vulnerability in a version of OpenSSL, commonly known as the “Heartbleed Bug”. This bug could potentially allow a cyberattacker to access a website’s customer data along with … Continue reading

Second Android beta for SpamDrain 2.0 published

Posted on March 21, 2014

A second beta of the 2.0 version of the SpamDrain Android app is now on it’s way though Play Store. This version mainly contains bug fixes and no new features compared to the last beta. We are currently working on … Continue reading

SpamDrain 2.0 beta for Android 2.0 released

Posted on March 6, 2014

Today we have published a first beta of the 2.0 version of the SpamDrain Android app. This version aims to catch up on our iOS app and add capabilities like search, management of filtered addresses and more options when releasing … Continue reading