[exim] exim does not detect invalid configfile on startup.

Hello,
This is <http://bugs.debian.org/286721>
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On 2004-12-21 Marc Sherman <msherman@???> wrote:
> Package: exim4
> Version: 4.34-8
> Severity: normal

> exim 4.34 does not support submission mode (it was added in 4.40).
> However, adding "control=submission" to an ACL in the 4.34 config file
> does not cause an error at startup (or with exim -bV). The failure is
> only noticed when incoming mail hits the offending line in the ACL, and
> is deferred.
[...]
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Indeed exim seems to not check the right hand-site of control=
statements for valid syntax on startup as it does for options et al.
               cu andreas
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