I have been trying to figure out a way to post a variable (in this case a long string that is basically an XML document) to a remote server. I've looked at XML-RPC but the problem is XML-RPC formats the variable into an XML document which I don't want. The post has to go through in the exact form that is in my string. I want to post from my web server to the remote server and acquire the string response from the remote server without the person connected to my site ever seeing any of this. For anyone who uses the UPS xml webservice, this is what I'm trying to setup. Surely, if ASP has this power then PHP must!