The VERIFY command allows the querying of an account to determine existence from the the mail transport protocol. In general, you do not want outsiders to probe your server like this.
The EXPN command expands an address. If the address corresponds to a mailing list, it will present all the members of the list. In general, you do not want outsiders to probe your server like this.
The ETRN command lets anyone on the net request sendmail to run its queue for a specific domain. This is often used by mail servers with intermitent or on-demand connections. They send an "ETRN domain" request when they get online.
This allows the "return receipt" messages.