Hi, Here is a patch for httplib. I added a timeout value for httplib.HTTPConnection, please check. (diff - CVS 1.94) Zhang Yue 2004-12-14 Index: httplib.py =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Lib/httplib.py,v retrieving revision 1.94 diff -r1.94 httplib.py 575c575 < def __init__(self, host, port=None, strict=None): ---

def __init__(self, host, port=None, strict=None, timeout=None):

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self.timeout = timeout

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if self.timeout: self.sock.settimeout(self.timeout)