creating web based analogues to the standard ms win32 "net x-command" set. i have it working, but as a spiritual exercise, i decided to change GET to POST. in a reversal of forutne, nothing works now. I will occasinally get the expected result back, but often (especially after repeating a previously sent POST) i get a 500, click on refresh, and there it is, as it should be. Here is the form code: 
sub form() {

print $doc->start_multipart_form(-name=>'form1',
                                 -method=>'POST',
                 -action=>'netsession.cgi',
                 -enctype=>'multipart/form-data');
                     
    print $doc->textfield(-name=>'computer',
                    -size=>15,
                    -maxlength=>15,
                    -override=>1);
    print "&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp";
    print $doc->submit();
    print "&nbsp&nbsp";
    print $doc->reset();
    print $doc->end_mulitpart_form();

}

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I have tried putting an expires (yesterday) header in, but it does not seem to work. I also changed $| to a true value. I am running Apache for Win32 version 1.3.12. on WinNT 4 sp 6a, activestate perl 5.6.0. Latest CGI.pm glory be to god

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