On Mon, 6 Mar 2006, Richard Thorp wrote:

> c:\curl\curl -D - -X POST -H "Content-type: text/xml" -d
> @c:\curl\testfile.xml -u name:password -x proxy:port --proxy-ntlm
> https://secure.dev.gateway.gov.uk/submission -k > c:\curl\response4.txt
>
> I can't post through to the URL with a normal browser as I can only GET the
> page (it has no page which allows me to post).
>
> I've also tried replacing -X POST with -v but no joy.

-X POST is pointless as -d implies POST.

-u is for server authentication, and you need proxy authentication done with
-U for that NTLM over proxy.

For a really good "trace", I recommend using "--trace-ascii dumpfile" instead
of -D.

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