Yes, timeouts happen. But five times in a row, at two different times a day, and only on the same days, seems like a very specific problem that shouldn't yet be discarded as "timeouts happen."

And maybe not at first it's not as convenient. But it gets a ton of code out of the way that might be the problem. And right now, there's a problem that the OP doesn't completely understand. And if the OP wants something a little higher level, then go with something like LWP. But Mechanize is very over-featured for the task and we don't clearly know yet if it's Mechanize or the socket.

The point of going lower level is to eliminate possibilities of what's causing the problem. Then, with everything out of the way, if the problem is still there, you have a clearer shot at what it might be. The OP's task as I understand it (grabbing a web page), is basic enough for this to be a worthwhile step in debugging, imo.

In reply to Re^5: Occasional Read Timeout with Mech by benwills
in thread Occasional Read Timeout with Mech by pirkil

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