POP connection timeout.

[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 someerror, err:
print "Connecting to mail box has timed out:\n", err

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 2.4.

Can anyone help me implement this timeout functionality.

Regards

Nicol
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[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 2.4.

Can anyone help me implement this timeout functionality.

Obviously, get a copy of 2.5 and back-port the poplib code as
poplib25 or some such. If you want more help than that, hire
someone to do it.

--Scott David Daniels