From: Joerg Jung <mail@umaxx.net>
Subject: Re: mail/opensmtpd-filters/spamassassin rejects version 0.8 protocol
To: Richard Kernahan <richard@finalstep.com.au>
Cc: ports@openbsd.org
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 12:26:53 +0200



> On 8. Aug 2026, at 13:47, Richard Kernahan <richard@finalstep.com.au> wrote:
> 
> since openbsd 7.9, filter-spamassassin-0.8 exits with an error due to
> the protocol version bump.
> 
> Aug  8 19:49:33 base smtpd[47270]: info: OpenSMTPD 7.9.0 starting
> Aug  8 19:49:33 base filter-spamassassin[55151]: start
> Aug  8 19:49:33 base filter-spamassassin[55151]: register
> Aug  8 19:51:39 base smtpd[13205]: 933726ef1793b5aa smtp connected
> address=145.131.90.155 host=mx-out2.startmail.com
> Aug  8 19:51:39 base filter-spamassassin[55151]: 933726ef1793b5aa
> protocol report 0.8
> Aug  8 19:51:39 base filter-spamassassin[55151]: exit
> Aug  8 19:51:39 base smtpd[86530]: warn: lost processor: spamassassin
> exited abnormally
> Aug  8 19:51:39 base smtpd[86530]: Exiting
> 
> Line 214 of filter-spamassassin.go (downloaded from the website) expects
> version 0.7:
> 
> if (t != "filter" && t != "report") || ver != "0.7" {
> 
> Changing only that line from 0.7 to 0.8 and rebuilding the executable
> seems to make it work ok again. I will continue to monitor for the next
> few days.
> 
> Thanks to Harald Dunkel's report to openbsd-misc in November 2023 when
> the smtpd-filters version was bumped from 0.6 to 0.7.
> 
> The examples in the smtpd-filters man page show a version of 0.7.

Thanks for the report. Yes, this is due to the protocol version bump from Martijn 
for the log message tagging. I hopefully will have the chance to update filter 
and port soon.