Eric, I ran wget on the 2 URL's, and what I got may lead to the root cause of the problem. Here is the end of what appeared in the terminal window: begin quote --11:56:34-- http://www.theproxy.be/link.php => `link.php' Connecting to www.theproxy.be|209.67.219.74|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently Location: http://www.theproxy.be/link.php [following] 20 redirections exceeded. end quote I assume this is a case of endless loop redirection. I got this for both URL's. The complete transcript for both is here: http://www.advanced-app.com.hk/MiscJunk/wget.txt I am running kubuntu, "codenamed 'Dapper Drake'" ver. 6.06. For this version, I get ethereal not WireShark. I installed ethereal before running wget, but I am wondering whether wget might zero in on the problem. So I hope to find out before spending some time trying to figure ethereal out. Also, I have ADSL service from different ISP's at home and at the office. These two URL's hang for me at the office, but work OK for me at home. (They would be going through different ISP's and different proxies.) I have not filed a bug report yet. If the wget output does in fact zero in on the problem, I will do so right away. This is a resend -- see below. I sent this content on Sunday, but it never came back to me on the mailing list. Thanks, Rick --- Rick Graves <gravesricharde@yahoo.com> wrote:

Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 21:12:55 -0800 (PST) From: Rick Graves <gravesricharde@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Twisted-Python] client, deferred and/or reactor hung on these 2 URL's To: twisted-python@twistedmatrix.com

Eric,

I ran wget on the 2 URL's, and what I got may lead to the root cause of the problem.

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