It's because I needed to supply credentials that I resorted to using LWP ;)

Yes, the credentials are fine. I know because I get the expected response in the rspfile when I use the filename method.
Whether I use filename method or not I get the "500 Can't read entity body..." reported back and the $response->content does NOT contain the collected server response prior to the error.

In filename method, though, the rspfile is fine and $response is not.

Steve Potter http://www3.sympatico.ca/steven.potter/