{"id":1673,"date":"2026-04-13T08:59:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T12:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c-command.com\/blog\/?p=1673"},"modified":"2026-04-13T09:01:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T13:01:26","slug":"spamsieve-3-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c-command.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/13\/spamsieve-3-3\/","title":{"rendered":"SpamSieve 3.3"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"app-icon\"><a href=\"http:\/\/c-command.com\/spamsieve\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/spamsieve\/images\/3.2\/spamsieve-icon@2x.png\" height=\"128\" width=\"128\" alt=\"SpamSieve Icon\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/spamsieve\/help\/updating-from-a-previou\">Update<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/downloads\/SpamSieve-3.3.dmg\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/store\">Buy SpamSieve<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Version 3.3 of <a href=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/spamsieve\/\">SpamSieve<\/a> is now available.<\/p>\n\n<p>Save time by adding powerful spam filtering to the e-mail client on your Mac. SpamSieve gives you back your inbox, using <a href=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/spamsieve\/help\/identifying-spam\">Bayesian spam filtering<\/a> to provide amazing accuracy that\u2019s constantly improving. SpamSieve learns and adapts to your mail, so it\u2019s able to block nearly all the junk\u2014without putting good messages in the Junk mailbox. It\u2019s quick and easy to control SpamSieve from within Apple Mail, Outlook, Airmail, MailMate, MailMaven, GyazMail, and more.<\/p>\n\n<p>SpamSieve running on your Mac can keep the spam off your <a href=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/spamsieve\/help\/iphone-spam-filtering\">iPhone\/iPad<\/a>, and you can even train SpamSieve <a href=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/spamsieve\/help\/drone-setup-and-remote\">from your iOS device<\/a>. SpamSieve protects your privacy. It does not need access to your mail account login and does not transmit your mail data anywhere. All the processing is done on your Mac.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/spamsieve\/images\/3.2\/purchase-check-upgrade-options@2x.png\" title=\"Purchase: Check Upgrade Options\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" align=\"right\" width=\"161\" alt=\"Purchase: Check Upgrade Options\" src=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/spamsieve\/images\/3.2\/purchase-check-upgrade-options-thumb%402x.png\" height=\"96\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/13\/spamsieve-3-3\/\">SpamSieve 3.3<\/a> is a free update for those who have already purchased the <a href=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/21\/spamsieve-3-0\/\">SpamSieve 3.0 upgrade<\/a>. If you\u2019re using SpamSieve 2 and haven\u2019t upgraded yet, the easiest way is to first let SpamSieve install the new version. At launch, it will show the <strong>Purchase<\/strong> window, and you can click the <strong>Check Upgrade Options<\/strong> button to get the upgrade discount without having to enter your old serial number.<\/p>\n\n<p>The changes in this version are:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/spamsieve\/images\/3.3\/search-menu@2x.png\" title=\"Search Menu\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"161\" alt=\"Search Menu\" src=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/spamsieve\/images\/3.3\/search-menu-thumb%402x.png\" height=\"217\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a>Made various changes to improve SpamSieve\u2019s filtering accuracy.<\/li>\n\t<li>When searching in the <a href=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/spamsieve\/help\/corpus\">Corpus<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/spamsieve\/help\/log\">Log<\/a> window, you can now choose the search scope. This enables faster and more targeted searching. Additionally, you can now search by <strong>Raw Message Source<\/strong> and by <strong>Words<\/strong>, which were not possible before. These can be especially useful in <a href=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/spamsieve\/help\/fixing-uncorrected-mist\">finding messages that were not correctly trained<\/a>\u2014you can then fix them to improve SpamSieve\u2019s filtering accuracy. The new <a href=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/spamsieve\/help\/searching\">Searching<\/a> section of the manual explains the different ways of searching and when they might be useful. Each search field now has a <strong>Search Syntax Reference<\/strong> menu item to quickly open this section of the help.<\/li>\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/spamsieve\/images\/3.2\/log-trained-spam@2x.png\" title=\"Log Window\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" align=\"right\" width=\"161\" alt=\"Log Window\" src=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/spamsieve\/images\/3.2\/log-trained-spam-thumb%402x.png\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a>Optimized\u2019s SpamSieve\u2019s message processing speed.<\/li>\n\t<li>Improved SpamSieve\u2019s recognition of headers from server spam filters.<\/li>\n\t<li>Added the <a href=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/spamsieve\/help\/fixing-uncorrected-mist\">Fixing Uncorrected Mistakes<\/a> section of the manual.<\/li>\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/spamsieve\/images\/3.2\/help-menu@2x.png\" title=\"Help Menu\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" align=\"right\" width=\"161\" alt=\"Help Menu\" src=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/spamsieve\/images\/3.2\/help-menu-thumb%402x.png\" height=\"220\" \/><\/a>Improved the following sections of the manual:\n\t<ul>\n\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/spamsieve\/help\/checking-the-training\">Checking the Training<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/spamsieve\/help\/granting-contacts-acces\">Granting Contacts Access<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/spamsieve\/help\/show-number-of-new-good\">Show number of new good messages in Dock<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/spamsieve\/help\/where-is-spamsieve-s-me\">Where is SpamSieve\u2019s menu bar icon?<\/a><\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li>Searching by message identifier now works when there\u2019s extraneous whitespace.<\/li>\n\t<li>Improved the error reporting for Apple Mail remote training.<\/li>\n\t<li>Added a workaround for App Nap pausing filtering.<\/li>\n\t<li>Fixed a crash that could occur during a software update.<\/li>\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/spamsieve\/images\/3.2\/corpus-spam-messages@2x.png\" title=\"Corpus: Spam Messages\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" align=\"right\" width=\"161\" alt=\"Corpus: Spam Messages\" src=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/spamsieve\/images\/3.2\/corpus-spam-messages-thumb%402x.png\" height=\"108\" \/><\/a>Fixed a bug that could cause SpamSieve to show its <a href=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/spamsieve\/help\/settings\">Settings<\/a> window when it was being launched by Apple Mail or Outlook.<\/li>\n\t<li>Fixed some crashes that could be caused by regex processing with invalid UTF-8.<\/li>\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/spamsieve\/images\/3.2\/blocklist@2x.png\" title=\"Blocklist\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" align=\"right\" width=\"161\" alt=\"Blocklist\" src=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/spamsieve\/images\/3.2\/blocklist-thumb%402x.png\" height=\"76\" \/><\/a>Fixed a bug where recent searches were not shown in the menu until after the first search.<\/li>\n\t<li>We need help updating SpamSieve\u2019s Japanese localization. If you\u2019re interested, please contact <a href=\"mailto:spamsieve&#64;c-command.com\">spamsieve&#64;c-command.com<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>SpamSieve 3.3 works with macOS 10.13 through macOS Tahoe 26 and requires an <a href=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/spamsieve\/help\/requirements\">e-mail client<\/a>. Older <a href=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/spamsieve\/help\/version-history\">SpamSieve versions<\/a> are <a href=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/spamsieve\/support#older-versions\">available<\/a> for older versions of macOS. In-depth information about SpamSieve is available in the <a href=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/downloads\/manual\/SpamSieveManual-3.3.pdf\">manual<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>If you enjoy using SpamSieve, please take a moment to review it on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macupdate.com\/app\/mac\/9116\/spamsieve\">MacUpdate<\/a> or to mention it on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/spamsieve\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/indieapps.space\/@spamsieve\">Mastodon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/spamsieve\/\">Instagram<\/a>, Facebook, or your own site. We\u2019d really appreciate it.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update Download Buy SpamSieve Version 3.3 of SpamSieve is now available. Save time by adding powerful spam filtering to the e-mail client on your Mac. SpamSieve gives you back your inbox, using Bayesian spam filtering to provide amazing accuracy that\u2019s constantly improving. 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