TK wrote: > how can I implement a socket timeout? Risking an inadequate answer (since your description was not that detailled, try to express a little more exact!), I can suggest http://starship.python.net/crew/theller/pyhelp.cgi to browse the documentation. If you enter "timeout", the first match will be a good pointer. Look through the socket manual (http://docs.python.org/lib/module-socket.html) for timeout.
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