socket size limit?

[Mikey]

It's probable that on one end or the other that the buffer is too
small.  On the client try reading one line at a time and storing them
in another field/variable etc.  The other option is to (obviously)
send one line at a time.  While this increases your TCP overhead (but
not by a lot in a broadband environment, comparatively speaking) it
ensures that you won't overrun either the send or receive buffers.


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