From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2008-05-21T03:35:21+09:00
Subject: Re: Debugging a TCPSocket.open timeout

Student Jr wrote:
> I'm trying to do an IMAP connection.  My first target is gmail:
> 
> Net::IMAP.new("imap.gmail.com", 143)
> 
> goes walkabout on line 886:
> 
> TCPSocket.open("imap.gmail.com", 143)
> 
> AT&T swears they are not port blocking.  My system logs are clean.
> 
> The code for TCPSocket is compiled in, so inserting printfs is going to
> be really painful.  Moreover, the actual error is probably a ways down
> the stack.
> 
> Ideas?

What about trying netcat? Not sure that will give more info than tcp 
open, but if you have to convince someone, it's better than saying "my 
ruby program doesn't work".

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