int get_smtp_line( void )
{
   char ch = '.';
   char in_data [MAXOUTLINE];
   char * index;
   int retval = 0;

   index = in_data;

   cout << "Before while...\n";
   while (ch != '\n')
   {
      if ( (retval = gensock_getchar (SMTPSock, 0, &ch) ) ) // <- see below
      {
          cout << "In if...\n";
         gensock_error ("gensock_getchar", retval);
         return -1;
      }
      else
      {
         cout << "In else...\n";
         cout << "index:  " << *index << endl ;
         *index = ch;
         index++;
      }
   }


   cout << "returning\n";
   return atoi(in_data);
}

int gensock_getchar (int st, int wait, char * ch)
{
   int retval = 0;
   connection *conn;

   conn = (connection *)st;

   if ((retval = conn->cc_getchar(wait, ch)))  // <- see below
      return (retval);
   else
      return (0);
}

int
connection::cc_getchar(int wait, char * ch)
{
   int retval;

   if (in_index >= in_buffer_total)
   {
      if ((retval = get_buffer(wait)))  // <- see below
         return (retval);
   }
   *ch = in_buffer[in_index++];
   return (0);
}

int
connection::get_buffer(int wait)
{
   int retval;
   int bytes_read = 0;
   unsigned long ready_to_read = 0;

   // Use select to see if data is waiting...

   FD_ZERO (&fds);    // <-- CRASHES HERE
   FD_SET (the_socket, &fds);

   // if wait is set, we are polling, return immediately
   if (wait)
   {
      timeout.tv_sec = 0;
   }
   else
   {
      timeout.tv_sec = 0;
   }
#ifdef HA
   if ((retval = select (0, &fds, NULL, NULL, &timeout))
         == SOCKET_ERROR)
   {
      //printf ( "connection::get_buffer() unexpected error from select\n");
   }

   // if we don't want to wait


   if (!retval && wait)
   {
      return (WAIT_A_BIT);
   }
#endif
   // we have data waiting...
   bytes_read = recv (the_socket,
                      in_buffer,
                      SOCKET_BUFFER_SIZE,
                      0);

   // just in case.

   if (bytes_read == 0)
   {
      // connection terminated (semi-) gracefully by the other side
      return (ERR_NOT_CONNECTED);
   }

   if (bytes_read == SOCKET_ERROR)
   {
      //printf ("connection::get_buffer() unexpected error\n");

   }

   // reset buffer indices.


   in_buffer_total = bytes_read;
   in_index = 0;
   return (0);

}