This is not being used in a CGI context. It is command line from a normal user system (I'm trying to learn LWP and HTTP handling basics via snippet theft).

Am I using the wrong snippet for the job?

Update: I did correct the perl location indicator, but this is ActiveState Perl on Windows 2000; the directory information is ignored in this environment. But I went ahead and corrected that and got no change in behavior.

Update #2: I added the line you suggested, but since I'm just printing locally I didn't figure it would matter. Besides, the timeout error suggests I am having problems before I get to the print statements. Nonetheless I added it, and still there is no change in behavior.