this limits how long the Postfix SMTP server will wait for an underlying network write operation to complete.
You, Sir, need to get some basic education on how packet-switched computer networks deliver data between applications. This mailing list, and Postfix documentation, are not the place to get that education.
Just some construction criticism, but you have come across as arrogant and condescending on multiple occasions and not just with me. But i think you know this and do so on purpose. I was trying to be polite when i said i didn't comprehend. What i really meant is you often expect a reader to understand you 100% because you assume they know all the details you aren't saying out-loud.
I do have a basic understand of networking, layers, TCP, UDP, packets, etc. I just don't always understand how an author might be using some technical jargon. For example your usage of "underlying network write operation" means exactly what? Its not officially defined and has a loose meaning depending on how you using it. If im wrong, whats the RFC giving it an exact definition?
You spend more effort telling people off then just giving a simple few word answer. The last time was when you told me to RTFM, which you know i did cause i was quoting the manual to you. Just because i don't fully understand the exact meaning of your usage or words doesn't mean i didn't read it or understand the concepts.
If you want to consider yourself superior because i don't always understand your usage of words, fine, you're smarter than me. I didn't know the users mailing list had a litmus test requiring everyone to be smarter than you to be worthy of help.
So back to my question, must i really have a networking degree just to get you to say if the timeout covers how long it takes for the stream of TCP packets to complete and be reassembled, or just until it gets that first packet back starting the transmission of the stream? Or in my not-as-smart-as-you layman terms, will it time out in the middle of an attachment upload?
