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Updates and news about our favourite anti-spam service.

Android beta testers wanted – 2.0 is finally on the move

Posted on February 24, 2014

We know that you all been waiting a looong time for the new Android version of SpamDrain. We made a decision last year to rewrite the app again since we were not happy with our initial efforts to revamp the … Continue reading

We are now SpamDrain AB

Posted on October 28, 2013

Just a short note to you all. We have decided to change our company name from Trillian AB to SpamDrain AB. Everything else stays the same. You may still see Trillian AB in some places but we are currently working … Continue reading

Sign in issues with iOS 7

Posted on September 21, 2013

We are currently experiencing sign in problems for some users with iOS 7 using our iOS app. This is because Apple has changed something in the cookie handling in iOS 7. To solve the problem you need to update the … Continue reading

SpamDrain 2.0 for iOS released in App Store

Posted on April 22, 2013

Last week we finally released the new iOS app, SpamDrain 2.0, with support for both iPhone and iPad. A big hand to all beta testers that made the release possible. The past six months we have been working hard to finalize what is a complete rewrite of the old app. We have tried to gather all the feedback we have received from our lovely users and make it to new features and improvements which hopefully makes the app more useful and more easy to use. Continue reading

Final call for more iOS beta testers

Posted on March 19, 2013

More beta testers wanted. Last week we released what we hope to be the final beta of the SpamDrain iOS app. Now we would like more users testing the beta before we push it to App Store. Last chance folks :-). Continue reading

More iOS beta testers wanted

Posted on February 27, 2013

As we announced last week we now have released the first beta of our new iOS app and the beta testing is going well. In a week we will release a second beta and hopefully after that we will be … Continue reading

SpamDrain for iOS 2.0 beta 1 released

Posted on February 22, 2013

Today we have released the first beta of our new iOS app. It will be available to a selected number of beta testers registered at TestFlight. If you are intereseted in joining the beta programe, please see our earlier post. … Continue reading

First iOS beta soon to be released

Posted on February 21, 2013

Today we did the one of the last updates to our servers to prepare for our new mobile apps. One more update is planned later today and some of the last bugs in the iOS app is also left to … Continue reading

Beta testers wanted for new version of our iOS app

Posted on January 29, 2013

The past months we have been working on new versions of our mobile apps for iOS and Android. Now we are looking for beta testers, so take your chance to impact the development and join our beta program now. Continue reading

Network disturbances [RESOLVED]

Posted on November 26, 2012

We are currently experiencing major disturbances in one of our data centers. This leads to big disturbances in the SpamDrain service. We are working with our hosting provider to try to solve this as soon as possible. We apologize for … Continue reading

Hey, we are growing

Posted on October 4, 2012

I just realized that this is the second blog post this year. We are not the best bloggers – we know – sorry for that – but hopefully we are better spam stoppers than we are bloggers.

One reason for not updating you all on what’s going on is because there are so many things going on :-). The past months we have been more than busy to manage the growth we are experiencing at the moment which is really exciting. This week we have deployed a bunch of new servers and more are one the way. When this is done we are more prepared than ever to meet the growth we hope to see the next year. Continue reading

New iOS app on the way

Posted on February 22, 2012

Today we have submitted a new version of our SpamDrain iOS app for review. In this update you will now be able to empty the Archive and Report sections which is handy if you want to keep your Archive clean. … Continue reading

Donation counter stopped – 1,331,461 spam blocked

Posted on December 18, 2011

Musikhjälpen has now come to an end and our spam counter stopped at 1,331,461 blocked spam. This results in a donation of SEK 13,314.61.
Hopefully it will give more girls the right to go to school. The entire event brought in over SEK 18 million (about USD 2.6 million).
Thank you all customers for choosing SpamDrain as your primary filtering service.
Merry Christmas to you all! Continue reading

We will donate 0,01 SEK for each blocked spam this week for girls’ right to go to school

Posted on December 16, 2011

SpamDrain skänker 1 öre per blockerat spam denna vecka till Musikhjälpen och flickors rätt att gå i skolan.
We will donate 0,01 SEK for each blocked spam this week for girls’ right to go to school. Continue reading

New version of SpamDrain for iOS now available in App Store

Posted on November 1, 2011

We have now finished the job with version 1.7 of our SpamDrain app for iOS and got it approved by Apple. In this new version you will be able to update your filtering settings, add new addresses for filtering and see … Continue reading

Multiple address filtering now available in regular SpamDrain – not only SpamDrain+

Posted on October 15, 2011

A while ago we modified our regular SpamDrain subscription slightly. You may now filter up to five addresses in a SpamDrain account (for only €9.99 or $14.99 / year and address) compared to single address filtering as before. This simplifies … Continue reading

Sporadic delays in delivery [resolved]

Posted on September 29, 2011

We are experiencing delays in the delivery of domain filtered emails for one of our servers at the moment. This doesn’t affect all emails and only emails sent to domain filtered address, not POP3/IMAP filtered ones. We are currently working … Continue reading

Domain administration update – aliases can now be managed

Posted on September 23, 2011

Today we have some good news for all our customers who filter their domain through SpamDrain. You will now be able to manage aliases to filtered addresses directly on the web. There is no extra cost for adding aliases but they must be mapped to one or several filtered addresses. You can also have aliases from one domain pointing to addresses in another one . Continue reading

Help your friends get rid of spam and receive free SpamDrain months

Posted on August 30, 2011

Today we have made it easier for you to share SpamDrain and for you to get something out of it. Well, you probably already know that if everyone was using a great spam filter it wouldn’t pay off sending spam and we will make internet a better place to be. Besides from helping us making the world spam free you will now also receive free months when inviting your friends and colleagues to SpamDrain. Continue reading

Support closed for summer holidays

Posted on July 14, 2011

Our support will be closed for the summer holidays starting at 18 July 2011 and re-opens again 15 August 2011. We will answer your e-mails as usual during the working days, but the phone support will be closed. Have a … Continue reading