+uschar *
+bytefield(uschar ** pp, uschar * pk)
+{
+unsigned value = 0;
+uschar * p = *pp;
+
+while (isdigit(*p)) value = value*10 + *p++ - '0';
+while (isspace(*p)) p++;
+*pp = p;
+*pk++ = value & 255;
+return pk;
+}
+
+uschar *
+shortfield(uschar ** pp, uschar * pk)
+{
+unsigned value = 0;
+uschar * p = *pp;
+
+while (isdigit(*p)) value = value*10 + *p++ - '0';
+while (isspace(*p)) p++;
+*pp = p;
+*pk++ = (value >> 8) & 255;
+*pk++ = value & 255;
+return pk;
+}
+
+uschar *
+longfield(uschar ** pp, uschar * pk)
+{
+unsigned long value = 0;
+uschar * p = *pp;
+
+while (isdigit(*p)) value = value*10 + *p++ - '0';
+while (isspace(*p)) p++;
+*pp = p;
+*pk++ = (value >> 24) & 255;
+*pk++ = (value >> 16) & 255;
+*pk++ = (value >> 8) & 255;
+*pk++ = value & 255;
+return pk;
+}
+
+
+
+/*************************************************/
+
+static void
+milliwait(struct itimerval *itval)
+{
+sigset_t sigmask;
+sigset_t old_sigmask;
+
+if (itval->it_value.tv_usec < 100 && itval->it_value.tv_sec == 0)
+ return;
+(void)sigemptyset(&sigmask); /* Empty mask */
+(void)sigaddset(&sigmask, SIGALRM); /* Add SIGALRM */
+(void)sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, &sigmask, &old_sigmask); /* Block SIGALRM */
+(void)setitimer(ITIMER_REAL, itval, NULL); /* Start timer */
+(void)sigfillset(&sigmask); /* All signals */
+(void)sigdelset(&sigmask, SIGALRM); /* Remove SIGALRM */
+(void)sigsuspend(&sigmask); /* Until SIGALRM */
+(void)sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &old_sigmask, NULL); /* Restore mask */
+}
+
+static void
+millisleep(int msec)
+{
+struct itimerval itval;
+itval.it_interval.tv_sec = 0;
+itval.it_interval.tv_usec = 0;
+itval.it_value.tv_sec = msec/1000;
+itval.it_value.tv_usec = (msec % 1000) * 1000;
+milliwait(&itval);
+}