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@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-$Cambridge: exim/test/README,v 1.5 2006/10/31 11:37:47 ph10 Exp $
+$Cambridge: exim/test/README,v 1.8 2007/02/20 15:58:02 ph10 Exp $
 
 EXPORTABLE EXIM TEST SUITE
 --------------------------
 
 This document last updated for:
 
-Test Suite Version: 4.64
-Date: 31 October 2006
+Test Suite Version: 4.67
+Date: 20 February 2007
 
 
 BACKGROUND
@@ -65,8 +65,9 @@ In order to run this test suite, the following requirements must be met:
       Defaults timestamp_timeout=480
 
     in /etc/sudoers, a password lasts for 8 hours (a working day). It is
-    probably not a good idea to run the tests as the Exim user, as this is
-    recognized as special by Exim.
+    not permitted to run the tests as the Exim user because the test suite
+    tracks the two users independently.  Using the same user would result
+    in false positives on some tests.
 
 (3) The login under which you run the tests must be in the exim group so that
     it has access to logs, spool files, etc. The login should not be one of the
@@ -436,7 +437,11 @@ bin/iefbr14        A program that does nothing, and returns 0. It's just like
 
 bin/loaded         Some dynamically loaded functions for testing dlfunc support.
 
-bin/server         A script-driven SMTP server simulation.
+bin/mtpscript      A script-driven SMTP/LMTP server simulation, on std{in,out}.
+
+bin/server         A script-driven SMTP server simulation, over a socket.
+
+bin/showids        Output the current uid, gid, euid, egid.
 
 The runtest script also makes use of a number of ordinary commands such as
 "cp", "kill", "more", and "rm", via the system() call. In some cases these are
@@ -633,6 +638,12 @@ The file remains locked with the following command (normally exim) is obeyed.
 This command runs the exinext utility with the given argument data.
 
 
+  exigrep <data>
+
+This command runs the exigrep utility with the given data (the search pattern)
+on the current mainlog file.
+
+
   gnutls
 
 This command is present at the start of all but one of the tests that use
@@ -755,9 +766,12 @@ as well as to the named file.
 
 This command runs the auxiliary "client" program that simulates an SMTP client.
 It is controlled by a script read from its standard input, details of which are
-given below. The only option is -t, which must be followed by a number, to
-specify the command timeout in seconds. The program connects to the given IP
-address and port, using the specified interface, if one is given.
+given below. There are two options. One is -t, which must be followed directly
+by a number, to specify the command timeout in seconds (e.g. -t5). The default
+timeout is 1 second. The other option is -tls-on-connect, which causes the
+client to try to start up a TLS session as soon as it has connected, without
+using the STARTTLS command. The client program connects to the given IP address
+and port, using the specified interface, if one is given.
 
 
   client-ssl [<options>] <ip address> <port> [<outgoing interface>] \
@@ -951,7 +965,7 @@ are of the following kinds:
     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.
 
-Here is a simple server example:
+Here is a simple example of server use in a test script:
 
   server PORT_S
   220 Greetings
@@ -974,6 +988,11 @@ After a "server" command in a test script, the server runs in parallel until an
 messages to port PORT_S on the local host. When it has finished, the test
 script waits for the "server" process to finish.
 
+The "mtpscript" program is like "server", except that it uses stdin/stdout for
+its input and output instead of a script. However, it is not called from test
+scripts; instead it is used as the command for pipe transports in some
+configurations, to simulate non-socket LMTP servers.
+
 
 AUXILIARY DATA FILES
 --------------------