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>  I would like to develop an application that makes use of the RPC::XML
>  module. Is there any way of setting a timeout parameter for the request I am
>  making to a server, in order to detect a situation where the server URL is
>  not correct or the server is down for example?
> 

The RPC::XML::Client object provides a method, "useragent", that gives you
access to the underlying LWP::UserAgent it uses for actual HTTP
communications. You can use this reference to set a timeout via the
"timeout" method (see the manpage for LWP::UserAgent).

Randy
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