Martin Panter added the comment: The first offending message I found is number 183465:
>>> s.group("comp.lang.python") ('211 4329 179178 183507 comp.lang.python', 4329, 179178, 183507, 'comp.lang.python') >>> s._putcmd("OVER 183465") >>> s._getresp() '224 Overview information for 183465 follows' >>> line = s.file.readline() >>> len(line) 2702 >>> [number, subject, from_header, date, message_id, references, bytes, lines, >>> extra] = line.split(b"\t", 8) >>> message_id b'<mailman.122.1481898601.2322.python-l...@python.org>' >>> len(references) 2483 >>> len(references.split()) 36 Assuming the References value is the only large field in an OVER response line, I would guess that a reasonable limit per line might be 200 bytes/message-id * 200 messages/thread = 40,000 bytes per OVER line I agree with closing the session whenever the client’s protocol state is broken, but only for a different, tangential reason. See Issue 22350. Even if you raised an explicit exception when using a closed session, like in nntplib_maxbytes.patch, won’t that still cause the subsequent tests to fail? I think the best solution is to stop sharing one connection across multiple tests: Issue 19756. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue28971> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com