Thanks so much for your help on this. The server that I'm connecting to is the culprit. They only allow five connections at a time.
I assumed that it was a code issue. I think that we're conditioned to expect that the problem is on the software side of things. -Derek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I'm trying to use ftp in python in a multi-threaded way on a windows > > box - python version 2.4.3. Problem is that it appears that it's only > > possible to have five instances/threads at one point in time. Errors > > look like: > > > > File "C:\Python24\lib\ftplib.py", line 107, in __init__ > > self.connect(host) > > File "C:\Python24\lib\ftplib.py", line 132, in connect > > self.welcome = self.getresp() > > File "C:\Python24\lib\ftplib.py", line 208, in getresp > > resp = self.getmultiline() > > File "C:\Python24\lib\ftplib.py", line 194, in getmultiline > > line = self.getline() > > File "C:\Python24\lib\ftplib.py", line 184, in getline > > if not line: raise EOFError > > EOFError > > > > Is it possible to have more than five simultaneous ftp connections? > > > > Thanks. > > > > Derek > > It might be XP SP2's worm protection as well: > > http://www.speedguide.net/read_articles.php?id=1497 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
