This article lists the Sendmail version 8.0 timeouts that can be configured
on the Sendmail host:
initial: the amount of time to wait for the initial greeting message.
mail: the amount of time the local Sendmail waits for acknowledgement of
its MAIL command.
rcpt: the amount of time the local Sendmail waits for acknowledgement of
each RCPT command.
datainit: the amount of time that the local Sendmail waits for
acknowledgement of its DATA command.
datablock: the amount of time the local Sendmail waits for
acknowledgement of receipt of each line.
datafinal: the amount of time the local Sendmail waits for
acknowledgement that the mail message was received.
rset: the amount of time the local Sendmail waits for acknowledgement
of the RSET command.
quit: the amount off time the local Sendmail waits for acknowledgement
of the QUIT command.
misc: the amount of time the local Sendmail waits for acknowledgement
of miscellaneous commands.
command: the amount of time the local Sendmail waits for commands.