Question about sockets and threads

Hello guys

Today I've been trying to make a client that makes requests to a small
threaded smtp server. The thing that i'd like to know if it is
possible to make many requests using threads that connect to the same
ip/port, to test how the server behaves with simultaneous clients. I
tried this but it failed. I had to solve it spawning processes.

Is there anything wrong with trying to connect to the same ip/port
from different threads? My program just exited without complaining but
also doing nothing.

PD: The program was done in python under windows, but I trust that you
are the guys that know the answer.

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>>>>> Lorenzo writes:
Lorenzo> Hello guys

Lorenzo> Today I've been trying to make a client that makes requests toa small
Lorenzo> threaded smtp server. The thing that i'd like to know if it is
Lorenzo> possible to make many requests using threads that connect to the same
Lorenzo> ip/port, to test how the server behaves with simultaneous clients. I
Lorenzo> tried this but it failed. I had to solve it spawning processes.

Lorenzo> Is there anything wrong with trying to connect to the same ip/port
Lorenzo> from different threads? My program just exited without complaining but
Lorenzo> also doing nothing.

There is nothing wrong with connect() to the same destination TCP/IP
address from multiple threads. e.g. Download Accelerators, which do
segmented downloading do this.

Lorenzo> PD: The program was done in python under windows, but I trust that you
Lorenzo> are the guys that know the answer.

Probably something wrong with your program. And I'm not sure, if this is
the right group for such question, probably you should try,
comp.os.ms-windows.networking (if it exists) :) .

HTH
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