Use TLS by default on callouts/cutthroughs

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@@ -897,13 +897,15 @@ input, details of which are given below. A number of options are implemented:
 
   -d       causes the server to output debugging information
 
-  -t       sets a timeout in seconds (default 5) for when the server is
+  -t <sec> sets a timeout (default 5) for when the server is
            awaiting an incoming connection
 
   -noipv4  causes the server not to set up an IPv4 socket
 
   -noipv6  causes the server not to set up an IPv6 socket
 
+  -i <sec> sets an initial pause, to delay before creating the listen sockets
+
 By default, in an IPv6 environment, both kinds of socket are set up. However,
 the test script knows which interfaces actually exist on the host, and it adds
 -noipv4 or -noipv6 to the server command as required. An error occurs if both
@@ -1019,7 +1021,10 @@ are of the following kinds:
     (d) If the line starts with ">*eof", nothing is sent and the connection
           is closed.
 
-    The data that is sent starts after the initial '>' sequence.
+    The data that is sent starts after the initial '>' sequence.  Within
+    each line the sequence '\x' followed by two hex digits can be used
+    to specify an arbitrary byte value.  The sequence '\\' specifies a
+    single backslash.
 
 (2) A line that starts with "*sleep" specifies a number of seconds to wait
     before proceeding.
@@ -1033,7 +1038,10 @@ are of the following kinds:
 (5) Otherwise, the line defines the start of an input line that the client
     is expected to send. To allow for lines that start with digits, the line
     may start with '<', which is not taken as part of the input data. If the
-    input does not match, the server bombs out with an error message.
+    lines starts with '<<' then only the characters are expected; no return-
+    linefeed terminator. If the input does not match, the server bombs out
+    with an error message.  Backslash-escape sequences may be used in the
+    line content as for output lines.
 
 Here is a simple example of server use in a test script: