title: HTTP over TCP using Telnet/Hercules/Raw socket/
body: <p>I'm connecting to real-time data on a remote server as a client. I want to send the following to a server and keep the connection open. This is a 'push' protocol. </p>
  
  <pre><code>http://server.domain.com:80/protocol/dosomething.txt?POSTDATA=thePostData
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I can call this in a browser and it's fine. However, if I try to use telnet directly in a windows command prompt, the prompt just exits. </p>
  
  <pre><code>  GET protocol/dosomething.txt?POSTDATA=thePostData
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The same is the case if I use Putty.exe and select Telnet as the protocol. I can't see a way to do this with Hercules at all, as I don't think the server will interpret the GET </p>
  
  <p>Is there any way I can do this?  </p>
  
  <p>Thanks.</p>