Re: POP connection timeout.

2008-05-08 Thread Aspersieman
Gabriel Genellina wrote: Use socket.setdefaulttimeout(timeout_in_seconds) before you create the POP3 object; this value will be used by the initial connect. Once it is connected, you can set a different timeout for retrieving mail using pop.sock.settimeout(...) Note that setdefaulttimeout appl

Re: POP connection timeout.

2008-05-08 Thread Gabriel Genellina
En Thu, 08 May 2008 09:24:37 -0300, Aspersieman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > I have written an application that queries a POP mailbox and > downloads messages. When the application tries to connect to the mail > server, but takes too long (eg. longer than 60 seconds) I want to have > it time ou

Re: POP connection timeout.

2008-05-08 Thread Scott David Daniels
Aspersieman wrote: I have written an application that queries a POP mailbox and ... > I want to have it time out I know that in python 2.5 I could pass an additional timeout parameter to the above statement ( ie: pop = poplib.POP3(POPHOST, POPPORT, TIMEOUTINSECONDS), but I am using python

POP connection timeout.

2008-05-08 Thread Aspersieman
Hi All I have written an application that queries a POP mailbox and downloads messages. When the application tries to connect to the mail server, but takes too long (eg. longer than 60 seconds) I want to have it time out. Something like try: pop = poplib.POP3(POPHOST, POPPORT) except some

POP connection timeout.

2008-05-08 Thread Aspersieman
Hi All I am have written an application that queries a POP mailbox and downloads messages. When the application tries to connect to the mail server, but takes too long (eg. longer than 60 seconds) I want to have it time out. Something like try: pop = poplib.POP3(POPHOST, POPPORT) except