Re: [exim] exim does not detect invalid configfile on startu…

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Autor: Odhiambo G. Washington
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A: exim-users
CC: Marc Sherman, 286721-forwarded, Andreas Metzler
Assumpte: Re: [exim] exim does not detect invalid configfile on startup.
* Andreas Metzler <eximusers@???> [20041221 22:47]: wrote:
> Hello,
> This is <http://bugs.debian.org/286721>
> ---------------------
> 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.
> [...]
> ---------------------
>
> 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.


Sorry to jump into this, but the statement Mr. Andreas has responded
to seems weird to me, if anyone ever did that. Why? It says

1. Exim 4.34 does not support submission mode (it was added in 4.40).
2. However, adding "control=submission" to an ACL in the 4.34 config
file ...

Now I am wondering: If you know so well that submission support mode
is only a feature of 4.40 and above, why try it in 4.34??? Are we
expecting Philip to address that or what is the point? ;)


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