[ python-Bugs-977680 ] IMAP4_SSL() class incompatible with socket.timeout

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Bugs item #977680, was opened at 2004-06-22 12:13
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Category: Python Library
Group: Python 2.3
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Charles (melicertes)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: IMAP4_SSL() class incompatible with socket.timeout

Initial Comment:
If you do socket.setdefaulttimeout(X) before trying to
instantiate imaplib.IMAP4_SSL(), the connection hangs
partway through the SSL negotiation.

The cause is that socket.ssl() is actually incompatible
with timeouts (not sure why) and IMAP4_SSL() doesn't do
anything to guard against it.  It should do
.setblocking(1) on the socket.socket object before
passing it to socket.ssl().

The documentation should also clarify timeouts not
working with socket.ssl.


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