ActiveState v5.8.6 811
Crypt-SSLeay 0.51
Windows 2003

I'm posting a very large amount of data to a https URL. The data is not a file, but actual parameter data.

my ($response) = $ua->post($Url, \%postHash);

The $postHash has 50 Mb of data. I am watching task manager and see that the amount of memory used by perl.exe goes up past 500 Mb while calling the post and does not return to normal levels once the post returns.

My questions are:

1) Why does the post need so much memory?
2) What can I do to reduce memory use?
3) What do I need to do to get memory back once the post is completed?

In reply to LWP: large post over https by mojoshaneman

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