--- bill lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Most servers supply 'Content-length:' or 'Content-Length:' attribute for
> resources, especially for non-textual items. This is more reliable than
> detecting closing socket. If this is not given then it might be a good idea to
> limit the size of data to be read.

Yes, but HTTP/1.1 uses chunks, which instead of Content-Length
prepends each chunk with count. So the byte counting is
left for the next iteration. It should have separate
layers for reading sockets and processing 
content: headers and chunks. It has to be buffered, as chunks
may not coinside with boundaries of blocks.

> it should allow request by specifying server only eg,
> http://www.jsoftware.com

This is a good suggestion, which is done, see
http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Scripts/HTTP_Get

> -- 
> regards,
> bill


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