ralf schmitt zsobrpgmailcom mon apr 14 2008 810 pm curt hagenlocher wrote mon apr 14 2008 912 ralf schmitt wrote ive tracked change httphgpydepyrelease25maintreve9446c6ab3cd svn revision 61009 self_rbufsize 1 code reads one byte time change correct exposes flaw earlier method _rbufsize 1 represents request buffer line clearly irrelevant context request read n bytes use default buffer size buffering line sample patch attached sorry reply mailing list change wrong eg youre using buffer size 16 bytes try read 256 bytes call recv value 256 call recv 16 times value 16 however upper limit shown imap bug regards ralf thu 07 aug 2008 170222 0200 pythondev bad network performance