[Zope3-dev] [WAS: Installing Zope3 and Zwiki] MailHost

Stephan Richter stephan.richter@tufts.edu
Fri, 25 Apr 2003 16:51:35 -0400


On Tuesday 22 April 2003 11:37, Janko Hauser wrote:
> With regards to blocking mails. Python2.3 has the ability to set
> timeouts for the sockets. This is a better measure against blocking
> mail sending. IMO mails should never take long to leave the platform.
> Everthing else is a failure and should be handled specifically.
> We have this already implemented once for Zope2, but with the help of
> timeoutsocket-module. Which would also be needed here for Python.2.2
> Is asynchronous sending really necessary?

Absolutely. Go to http://dev.zope.org/Zope3 and try to change a page. Then 
look on your watch and see how much time haas gone by.

Regards,
Stephan
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Stephan Richter
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