--- source/newio.c.orig	Fri May 26 09:33:34 2000
+++ source/newio.c	Fri May 26 09:41:04 2000
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
 		c;
 	fd_set	rd;
 	int	BufferEmpty;
-	int	num = 0;
+	int	count = 3;	/* This should be plenty. */
 
 	init_io();
 	if (io_rec[des] == (MyIO *) 0)
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
 #endif /* ESIX */
 	}
 
-	while (1)
+	while (count-- > 0)
 	{
 		if ((BufferEmpty = (io_rec[des]->read_pos == io_rec[des]->write_pos)))
 		{
@@ -216,13 +216,13 @@
 				if (io_rec[des]->flags & IO_SOCKET)
 					c = recv(des, io_rec[des]->buffer +
 					  io_rec[des]->write_pos,
-					  IO_BUFFER_SIZE-io_rec[des]->write_pos,
+					  IO_BUFFER_SIZE-io_rec[des]->write_pos - 1,
 					  0);
 				else
 #endif /* ESIX */
 					c = read(des, io_rec[des]->buffer +
 					 io_rec[des]->write_pos,
-					 IO_BUFFER_SIZE-io_rec[des]->write_pos);
+					 IO_BUFFER_SIZE-io_rec[des]->write_pos - 1);
 
 				if (c <= 0)
 				{
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	return -1;	/* Line has too many segments -- punt */
 }
 
 /*