Give urllib2.urlretrieve a try, and see if it is better, otherwise,
give one of my urllib-libraries (webification.tgz) a try.
http://flognat.dyndns.org/hacks/
Hmm which platform BTW, and what built Python? Just thinking if there
might be some knots on the cable if Windows.
/Andy
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