Error Message:

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WINSOCK Error: Name too long.

Explanation:

A component of a path name exceeded 255 (MAXNAMELEN) characters, or an entire path name exceeded 1023 (MAXPATHLEN-1) characters.

User Action:

If you are using sockets to establish a connection to a DNS, IIS, or any other server, verify that the path names and file names used by WinSock do not exceed the maximum character limit.