On Sat, 23 Jun 2012, eli wrote:

> After X minutes the application finishes processing the entire list (about
> 5000 URLs). However, usually 5-8 threads do not return because their CURL
> connection "hangs". I tried to experiment how long this can take, and left
> the house for 5 hours. When I returned it was still "hanging" - 5 hours is
> long past the timeouts I set.

...

> Windows XP SP3?

Which libcurl version? Do you have any timeout set for these handles?

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