Todd Gillespie <toddg / mail.ma.utexas.edu> wrote in message 

> IMHO, this is dumb b/c a request can only be instantiated with either POST
> or GET.

While not standard, it is indeed possible (and used) to make a request as below:

  POST /script.cgi?user_var=value HTTP/1.1
  Host: www.example.com
  Connection: close

I think it should be supported.

Anders Johannsen