Changelog

Update 2024-10

An autoresponder for when you are away, one-click sender blocking from the context menu, and warning icons plus DKIM, SPF and TLS details whenever a message travels insecurely.

black.com Team
New Features

Added an autoresponder that can be enabled in the account settings. This feature is useful for letting people know that you are temporarily unavailable (e.g. on vacation).

It is now possible to block a sender from the context menu of an email.

Added warning icons when an email is sent over an insecure connection or configuration.

Message details now include a security section that displays DKIM/SPF/TLS information.

Page now automatically reloads when window or screen size changes from mobile to desktop or vice versa.

Notifications such as the Undo dialog can now be swiped away.

Pasting a file from the clipboard now uploads it correctly as a draft attachment.

Attachment previews now have a top bar to download the file.

Added a popup to view details of the email sender (larger profile icon, link to other conversations with this contact).

Added a "Sent" category to the sidebar and moved the "Attachments" filter (previously in the sidebar) to the search auto-complete dialog.

Added number of unread messages to the account list, when logged in with more than one account on a device.

iOS: App icon can now be tinted (iOS 18).

iOS/Apple: App is now available on desktops with Apple silicon processors.

Android: Long press on the app icon now displays a context menu with a "New Message" function.

Changes

No longer accepting email from servers with TLS version lower than 1.2.

Disabled some insecure TLSV1.2 ciphers.

Improved preview of plaintext email attachments.

Pressing TAB when the cursor is in the subject field now correctly positions the cursor in message field.

The application no longer automatically scrolls when navigating to a conversation if the user has already started scrolling.

Deleting a search history entry now updates the list immediately.

Scheduled send popup now remembers last used settings.

Most buttons now change color when pressed.

Clarified the description in the password reset flow when it will be possible to request a password change if the account has been active recently.

iOS: Email/password can now be autofilled in the app if it was previously saved in the web browser.

iOS: Critical data such as decryption keys are now stored in the Apple Keychain.

Bug Fixes

Fixed a problem where email previews (e.g. in push notifications) contained HTML code.

Fixed a problem where new conversations were not loaded when scrolling to the bottom (endless scrolling).

Fixed issue where email addresses were added twice into the TO field.

Fixed some problems with previewing CSV email attachments.

Improved dozens of translations.

Fixed some issues with emails containing dark text in dark mode.

Fixed some color/style issues when copying and pasting text into a draft email.

Fixed an issue where the app would scroll to the wrong position when a conversation has a scheduled message.

Fixed issue with forwarding emails with an empty subject.

Fixed a problem where a search query was visually cut off when too long.

Fixed issue where "null" was added to an empty draft when adding email signature.

Android: Fixed issue where sharing a URL in the black.com app would remove some URL parts.

Android: Fixed APK download link when opened from within the app.

Android: Fixed issues where mailto links from WhatsApp were not working correctly.

iOS/Android: Fixed issue where push notification actions (e.g. mark message as read) did not work.

iOS/Android: Fixed issue where page title would incorrectly change even though the link was opened in the web browser.