newbie-question

[Stargaming]

TK wrote:
> how can I implement a socket timeout?

Risking an inadequate answer (since your description was not that 
detailled, try to express a little more exact!), I can suggest 
http://starship.python.net/crew/theller/pyhelp.cgi to browse the 
documentation. If you enter "timeout", the first match will be a good 
pointer. Look through the socket manual 
(http://docs.python.org/lib/module-socket.html) for timeout.

HTH,
Stargaming