Hi Ian, > Thanks to this list, I am able to open a socket to the 3000, > HOWEVER, when I try to transmit an HTML file I always receive the I would agree with Lars. It appears that your POST may be malformed. Here are some references that may help: http://www.w3schools.com/soap/soap_httpbinding.asp http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2000/02/09/feature/index.html an example that shows the blank line that Lars mentioned: http://www.webservicex.net/TranslateService.asmx?op=Translate Mark W. * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *