SpamSieve 3.1.3 is a free update for those who have already purchased the SpamSieve 3.0 upgrade. If you’re using SpamSieve 2 and haven’t upgraded yet, the easiest way is to first let SpamSieve install the new version. At launch, it will show the Purchase window, and you can click the Check Upgrade Options button to get the upgrade discount without having to enter your old serial number.
Normally, SpamSieve will automatically offer to update you to the new version. There are also instructions for updating on this page. SpamSieve 3.1.3 is compatible with macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) through macOS 15 (Sequoia) and is recommended for all customers using those versions of macOS. Older versions are also available for macOS 10.12 (Sierra) and earlier.
The changes in this version are:
- Made various changes to improve SpamSieve’s filtering accuracy.
- The new MailMaven e-mail client from SmallCubed is now in public beta, and it includes built-in support for SpamSieve. The SpamSieve manual now includes sections for Setting Up MailMaven and Checking the MailMaven Setup, and these are linked from the Settings ‣ Other Clients window.
- SpamSieve is better at detecting whether a server junk filter classified a message as spam (for display in the Log and Corpus windows).
- Clicking a notification to open the message in SpamSieve’s Log window now works when SpamSieve isn’t already running.
- When using the Show number of new good messages in Dock option with the Apple Mail extension and the Check inboxes for new messages not sent to Mail extension option, the number shown in the Dock icon is now accurate even if the same message had been processed twice.
- Improved the efficiency of updating the rule hits statistics, reading settings, and various database operations.
- Improved the following sections of the manual:
- Improved the handling of AppleScript errors if you train a message when Apple Mail is overloaded.
- Worked around a bug where Apple Mail would ask the extension to filter messages that were drafts.
- Made further changes to prevent SpamSieve from triggering local network privacy prompts.
- SpamSieve will now report an error if it looks like filtering is being impacted by the Mac’s clock being wrong.
- Fixed a bug where SpamSieve could crash if there were errors reading Apple Mail’s database or if it contained invalid data.
- Fixed a bug where search fields weren’t appropriately cleared when stopping a search.
- Fixed a bug where the training toolbar buttons were enabled in the Words tab of the Corpus window.
- Changes to the esoteric preferences from Terminal now take effect right away.