TIMEOUT statement

Use the Timeout statement to define a set of timeout values, in seconds, for the interaction between CSSMTP and the target server.

Syntax

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>>-Timeout--| Put Braces and Parameters on Separate Lines |----><

Put Braces and Parameters on Separate Lines

|--+-{----------------------+-----------------------------------|
   +-| Timeout Parameters |-+   
   '-}----------------------'   

Timeout Parameters

   .-AnyCmd 300-----.  .-ConnectRetry 120-----.   
|--+----------------+--+----------------------+----------------->
   '-AnyCmd seconds-'  '-ConnectRetry seconds-'   

   .-DataBlock 180-----.  .-DATACmd 120-----.   
>--+-------------------+--+-----------------+------------------->
   '-DataBlock seconds-'  '-DATACmd seconds-'   

   .-DataTerm 600-----.  .-InitialMsg 300-----.   
>--+------------------+--+--------------------+----------------->
   '-DataTerm seconds-'  '-InitialMsg seconds-'   

   .-MAILCmd 300-----.  .-RCPTCmd 300-----.   
>--+-----------------+--+-----------------+---------------------|
   '-MAILCmd seconds-'  '-RCPTCmd seconds-'   

Parameters

AnyCmd
The length of time, in seconds, that CSSMTP waits for a response on any other SMTP command (for example, EHLO, HELO, RSET, QUIT, and STARTTLS) from the SMTP server.

Valid values are in the range 30 - 1 200. The default value is 300.

ConnectRetry
The length of time, in seconds, that CSSMTP waits before trying again to connect to a target server after a failed attempt.

Valid values are in the range 30 - 1 200. The default value is 120.

DataBlock
The length of time, in seconds, that CSSMTP waits for the TCP send call to complete while transferring a block of data to the TCP/IP stack .

Valid values are in the range 30 - 1 200. The default value is 180.

DATACmd
The length of time, in seconds, that CSSMTP waits for a response to the DATA command from the SMTP server.

Valid values are in the range 30 - 1 200. The default value is 120.

DataTerm
The length of time, in seconds, that CSSMTP waits for a response to the final period that terminates the mail message data from the SMTP server.

Valid values are in the range 30 - 1 200. The default value is 600.

InitialMsg
The length of time, in seconds, that CSSMTP waits for an initial response after the connection is established with the SMTP server.

Valid values are in the range 30 - 1 200. The default value is 300.

MAILCmd
The length of time, in seconds, that CSSMTP waits for a response to the MAIL command from the SMTP server.

Valid values are in the range 30 - 1 200. The default value is 300.

RCPTCmd
The length of time, in seconds, that CSSMTP waits for a response to the RCPT command from the SMTP server.

Valid values are in the range 30 - 1 200. The default value is 300.