unable to read data from the transport connection

[Paul H]

I have the following code running against the compact framework:

using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Net;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;

namespace WebSample
{
class WebTest
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
string cServer =
"http://my_IP/common/foxisapi.dll/carrier.x2.autoLogin";
HttpWebRequest lgRequest =
(HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(cServer);;
lgRequest.Method = "POST";
String body =
"<x><PARAM0>employee</PARAM0><PARAM1>employee</PARAM1></x>";
lgRequest.ContentLength = body.Length;
lgRequest.ContentType = "text/xml";

StreamWriter stream = new
StreamWriter(lgRequest.GetRequestStream(), Encoding.ASCII);
stream.Write(body, 0, body.Length);
stream.Close();
HttpWebResponse lgResponse =
(HttpWebResponse)lgRequest.GetResponse();
StreamReader reader = new
StreamReader(lgResponse.GetResponseStream());
string Message = reader.ReadToEnd();
reader.Close();
}
}
}
..GetResponse() fails with

"unable to read data from the transport connection"

I have tried this in the emulator and on a device. I have tried it on local
and remote servers.

I am to the point of thinking that it is not a problem with the code but
rather the returning data from the server. I can do GETs successfully but
not POSTs. The communication works ok, because the server does receive the
request, the problem just seems to be the responding data.

Would the returning data have to be structured in a certain way for the
communications to work correctly. This has never been a problem before using
XMLHTTP to access the server in this way.

Please email me if you would like the IP address of the server (my_IP) that
I am posting information to.