Ok, enough with the words, give me some screenshots.

New message lists with search capability and filtering on classification Spam?, Spam, Virus, Newsletter etc. This makes it easier to find messages you are looking for.

Report and release directly from the message lists. Also more options that will give more feedback to the filter.

Clear indication of what has happened to a message. You now see directly in the list if you have reported or released a message and to which color you have changed it.

New email viewer with zoom functionality. Ok, it may be a standard feature, but we are very proud of the new email viewer which is more like the native email viewer in your iPhone. You can zoom and scroll and unlock images and links. As before you may also report or release the message directly from the email viewer.

Report and release when viewing a message. Hopefully it’s also a bit clearer what happens when you give feedback to SpamDrain.

Update report settings for the app. Control how often you want the SpamDrain reports sent to you. We have also made it possible to update your name, company name etc.

Android app
We are also working on a similar rewrite of our Android app but we have not set the release date yet. We will however, release a minor update to our Android app next week or so that will rename the Archive and Report to Blocked and Allowed. We will also make similar updates to our web UI, so the experience is consistent on all devices. But until then, there will be a mix of terminology.

Please note
Unfortunately there is currently a known issue in the iOS app. If your iOS device is set to use 12-hour time, the app crashes when you sign in. We have already submitted a fix to Apple for review, but it may take another week before the new version is approved.

Until then, please make sure to set the 24-hour setting to “On” to use the SpamDrain app. You do this in your iPhone/iPad settings->General->Date&Time.

Please click the button below to join the beta program – and remember to add your device in TestFlight – otherwise we won’t be able to send you any beta builds.

Join the beta program

We use Testflight for this beta program which is a well known platform for rolling out test versions of iOS apps. Click the button above to sign up with Testflight and join our beta program.

Once you have added your iOS devices and we have approved you as tester you will be able to install our current beta release.

Before we publish the second beta we will now open up for more beta testers. So if you haven’t signed up for a beta testing account in TestFlight already, please do so now. Remember to add your device as well – otherwise we won’t be able to send you any beta-releases.

Join the beta program

We use Testflight for this beta program which is a well known platform for rolling out test versions of iOS apps. Click the button above to sign up with Testflight and join our beta program.

Once you have added your iOS devices and we have approved you as tester you will be able to install our current beta release.

New features introduced in SpamDrain 2.0:

• Search in filtered messages.
• Renamed Archive and Report to Blocked and Allowed.
• iPad support
• Report and release now has more choices.
• Empty filtered message per filtered address.
• View filtered messages per address and not always all filtered addresses.
• Filter search result based on classification, Ok, Spam, Newsletter, Virus etc.
• Delete individual messages.
• Report and release directly from message lists.
• See messages that has been reported and released.
• Update account and user information such as name and report email interval.

You will see feedback buttons inside the app. Please use them to send us feedback about this beta. We welcome all comments – both complaints and compliments and will try to use them to improve SpamDrain.

We also want to thank everyone who has signed up for the beta testing program. As for now we are very happy with the number of interested beta testers and we will soon start approve you in TestFlight.

Please make sure you have added a device in TestFlight since we won’t be able to send any releases to users without registered devices. So go into TestFlight on your iOS device and make sure to add it if you want to join the first beta release which we hope to send out tomorrow.

Join the beta program

We use Testflight for this beta program which is a well known platform for rolling out test versions of iOS apps. Click the button above to sign up with Testflight and join our beta program. Once we have a first beta ready for you to try out you will receive an email from Testflight with instructions on how to get it installed onto your device.

Below you see a sneak preview of the blocked (old archive) and allowed (old report) message lists.

New blocked with search function

New allowed email list with search function

Update 08:45 GMT+01: All systems are now up and running again and we are monitoring all systems carefully. There may be some minor disturbances the next hour or so due to delays caused by the recent outage.

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. Besides from technical stuff like ordering new servers, rewriting and optimizing code and databases we are also helping new customer understand how to use SpamDrain. While doing so we have received a lot of valuable feedback which we are very grateful for. Thank you!

As a result of all the great feedback, we have started a complete rewrite of our iOS and Android apps. Our message lists on the web will also be updated. We will bring more features to the apps and hopefully also a more responsive and easy-to-use UI. Unfortunately we cannot say exactly when the apps will be ready but we will keep you updated.

We are also very interested in getting beta testers to these new versions. Please send us an email to beta@spamdrain.net and let us know if you are interested in Android or iOS beta testing.

Enough with the blogging – back to work!

We have also fixed a very annoying bug that occurred for some users when signing up. They got stuck in the last step after having the error message “This field is required” presented. We finally managed to identify the root cause for this one.

Another change with this update is concerning Apple’s In App Purchase. For reasons unknown to us, Apple no longer allow services like SpamDrain to use their auto-renewable subscriptions. Instead we need to switch to non-renewing subscriptions. This means that you need to renew manually before the subscription ends. It’s not that big a deal since most of our users pay using our web page where it already works like this. But for our monthly subscribers that are used to getting their subscription renewed every month, there will be a change. We ask for your understanding – this is totally out of our control and is due to regulations from Apple.

If you like you can always renew your subscription by logging on to our web page: https://app.spamdrain.net and click the $ icon in the upper right corner.

If you pay your subscription through our web page, you do not need to worry about this change. It only concerns customers who use In App Purchase from within our app.