final private static String AUTH_USER = "foo";
	final private static String AUTH_PASS = "bar";
	private void postStringMatcherRequest(String encodedOpenID, String msg)
	{
		HttpClient httpclient = new HttpClient();
        httpclient.getState().setCredentials(
            new AuthScope("rvooz.org", 80, AuthScope.ANY_REALM),
            new UsernamePasswordCredentials(AUTH_USER, AUTH_PASS)
        );
		String contextURL = prefs.getString(PreferenceNames.CONTEXT_URL)+"/"+encodedOpenID;
		PostMethod request = new PostMethod(contextURL);
        request.setDoAuthentication( true );

        String np = AUTH_USER+":"+AUTH_PASS;
        byte[] auth = Base64.encodeBase64(np.getBytes());
        request.setRequestHeader("HTTP_AUTHORIZATION", new String(auth));

        try
		{
			RequestEntity entity = new StringRequestEntity(msg, CONTENT_TYPE, CHAR_SET);
			request.setRequestEntity(entity);
			try
			{
				log.info("request: "+contextURL+"\n"+ msg);
				int status = httpclient.executeMethod(request);
				log.info("response: " + status+"\n"+request.getResponseBodyAsString());
			}
			catch (HttpException e)
			{
				log.info("HttpException:"+e);
				e.printStackTrace();
			}
			catch (IOException e)
			{
				log.info("IOException:"+e);
				e.printStackTrace();
			}
			finally
			{
				request.releaseConnection();
			}
		}
		catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e)
		{
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
	}