[Zope] xml-rpc timeout

[Mark Roach]

I have a zope instance on a windows server that I am calling via xml-rpc
from an external method on a zope server on a linux box. I am getting a
strange error that I cannot reproduce from the interpreter:

 Error Type: Timeout
 Error Value: Recv timed out

I didn't see any reference to a timeout in the xmlrpclib.py file, in
fact I only found that error message as part of the WebMail product
which I had installed for testing a while back:

lib/python/Products/WebMail/timeoutsocket.py:                raise Timeout("Recv timed out")

any thoughts/suggestions? could this timeoutsocket.py somehow be
affecting the xml-rpc calls of an external method? It didn't seem likely
to me. Is there a limit to how long an external method can take? 

(I guess I should mention that I am using Zope 2.5.1 on debian and
windows NT)

Thanks,

Mark Roach