my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new();
    die "$userid: LWP::UserAgent->new() failed\n" if !defined($ua);
    my $r_reqlist = $ua->requests_redirectable();
    push @{$r_reqlist}, 'POST';
    my $cookiestr = $self->{cookies};
    if (defined($cookiestr)) {
	my $cookie_jar = $r_user->str2cookie_jar($cookiestr);
	$ua->cookie_jar($cookie_jar);
###	$request->header(Cookie=>$cookiestr);    # HACK ???
    }

    my $resp = $ua->request($request);
    $self->{responseCode} = $resp->code();
    $self->{responseMessage} = $resp->message();
    $self->{responseAsString} = $resp->as_string();