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[Michael Foord]

Michael Foord wrote:
> Benj. Mako Hill wrote:
>> <quote who="Mark Jaquith" date="Sat, Dec 09, 2006 at 07:03:10PM -0500">
>>  
>>> On Dec 9, 2006, at 5:57 PM, Michael Foord wrote:
>>>
>>>    
>>>> Was this a temporary problem - or do I need to change my code ?
>>>>       
>>> Temporary.
>>>
>>> See: http://akismet.com/blog/2006/12/dns-outage/
>>>     
>>
>> Actually, I I think it it's probably both.
>>
>> If urllib can't resolve a domain, it raises and exception which is not
>> caught by your code. That's not ideal. I'm not sure what people want to
>> happen when DNS isn't working but I'm pretty sure it's something other
>> than a 500 and a traceback in the logs.
>>
>> It seems that the WP plugin just let spam through which, while ugly, may
>> be the more graceful method of failure. At the very least, it should
>> probably raise an Akismet error similar to what happens when a verify
>> fails key call fails. Then it falls on people that use your library to
>> decide how they want to treat those errors when they show up.
>>
>>   
> Ok, I've made the change.
> 
> See the announcement at :
> 
> http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/weblog/arch_d7_2006_12_09.shtml#e580

Sorry, URL should be :

http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/weblog/arch_d7_2006_12_09.shtml#e580

Fuzzyman
http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/index.shtml

> 
> Let me know if there are any problems.
> 
> Fuzzyman
> http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/index.shtml
> 
>> Later,
>> Mako
>>
>>   
> 
> 
> 



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