What does that suggest?
A problem ;) 

10.5.2 501 Not Implemented

   The server does not support the functionality required to fulfill the
   request. This is the appropriate response when the server does not
   recognize the request method and is not capable of supporting it for
   any resource.
Don't forget that WWW::Mechanize is a proper subclass of LWP::UserAgent, so use LWP::Debug qw(+);. Trying to run the code I get 
Error GETing http://myprodportalv2.whatever.com:7778/portal/page?_page
+id=33,30917,33_30962&_dad=puno2o&_schema=PORTAL_PUNO2O: Can't connect
+ to myprodportalv2.whatever.com:7778 (Bad hostname 'myprodportalv2.wh
+atever.com') at www.mechanize.501.pl line 16

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so, how about providing a Dumper of $a (as in Data::Dumper).

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In reply to Re: Mechanize and "Not implemented" by PodMaster
in thread Mechanize and "Not implemented" by Roy Johnson

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