At 8:07 AM 10/24/96, Erland Unruh wrote:
>I'm trying to make use of the javasock example (for pop-mail access as
>described earlier in this list).
>
>The description for JavaSocket::receiveString in the javasock.t file
>states that it will block and wait for a '\n' or EOF terminated
>string.
>
>When I retrieve a multiline reply via socket I get all lines in one
>"receiveString".  Is the description errorneous or can I be doing
>something wrong?  Since the socket buffer is limited to 4K this is a
>potential problem for receiving mail.
 
I'm puzzled: it always returned single lines when I used it. Is it possible
that the POP serverr is using \m not \n to termintate lines, or something
like that?
 
Is there any way you can get the POP server to chop mail messages up into
chunks <= 4k?
 
>I have also been strugling with strange exception behaviour in
>relation to calling external procedures.  It seems like when I put a
>try/catch around the "external call" it generates suspicious and fatal
>exceptions that won't get thrown if the try/catch is removed.  I think
>UndefinedVariable is one of them.
 
I haven't a clue about this one. Can you provide a short piece of code that
produces this problem?
 
 
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