Multi-threaded FTP Question

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dbandler at gmail.com wrote:
> I'm trying to use ftp in python in a multi-threaded way on a windows
> box - python version 2.4.3.  Problem is that it appears that it's only
> possible to have five instances/threads at one point in time.  Errors
> look like:
>
>    File "C:\Python24\lib\ftplib.py", line 107, in __init__
>     self.connect(host)
>   File "C:\Python24\lib\ftplib.py", line 132, in connect
>     self.welcome = self.getresp()
>   File "C:\Python24\lib\ftplib.py", line 208, in getresp
>     resp = self.getmultiline()
>   File "C:\Python24\lib\ftplib.py", line 194, in getmultiline
>     line = self.getline()
>   File "C:\Python24\lib\ftplib.py", line 184, in getline
>     if not line: raise EOFError
> EOFError
>
> Is it possible to have more than five simultaneous ftp connections?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Derek

It might be XP SP2's worm protection as well:

http://www.speedguide.net/read_articles.php?id=1497