What's the default timeout on the SmtpClient object?

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Daniel picture Daniel · Apr 22, 2013 · Viewed 14k times · Source

What does the timeout default to in the .NET SmtpClient object? What unit of time is it (seconds, milliseconds, etc)?

Answer

Stefan Steiger picture Stefan Steiger · Apr 22, 2013

The default value is 100,000 (100 seconds).

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.mail.smtpclient.timeout.aspx

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