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@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ only when DBM support is available in Exim, and typically follows the use of a
 "write" command (see below) that creates the input file.
 
 
-  dumpdb <dbname>
+  dump <dbname>
 
 This command runs the exim_dumpdb utility on the testing spool directory, using
 the database name given, for example: "dumpdb retry".
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ to the screen.
   munge <name>
 
 This command requests custom munging of the test outputs.  The munge names
-used are coded in the runtest script.
+used are coded in the runtest script (look for 'name of munge').
 
 
   need_ipv4
@@ -836,7 +836,7 @@ 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. 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
+timeout is 5 seconds. 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.
@@ -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: