problem with CFHTTP: Connection Failure

[Scooby Doobie Doo]

I'm having the exact same problem. I'm on MX 6.1

I'm trying to post my xml like this
<cfhttp url = "http://10.1.6.211/ProposalGenerator.aspx" METHOD="POST"
ThrowOnError="YES" REDIRECT="YES" charset="utf-8">
<cfhttpparam TYPE="FORMFIELD" name="propxml"
value="#urlencodedformat(myproposalxml)#">
</cfhttp>

and all I get is Connection Failure: Status code unavailable I'm on the same
server, so I seriously doubt it's a time out issue. ANYONE?

[Unregistered]

Add:
<cfhttpparam type="header" name="accept-encoding" value="no-compression"/>

If compression is activated at server you will get Connection failure since cfhttp does not support it.