my $h = new HTTP::Headers(
	    Accept=>'*/*',
	    user_agent=>$ENV{'HTTP_USER_AGENT'},
	);

	&progress_log("setup the headers");

	my $req = new HTTP::Request(
	    $req_type,
		$posttourl,
		$h
	);
	&progress_log("setup the headers");

	my $user_page = $ua->request($req);
	&progress_log("got the results");
	$user_page_flat = $user_page->as_string;