Connecting to my POE server using IO::Socket

[John Christian]

Hi, I've got a [seemingly] simple question:
I'd like to connect to my POE::Wheel::SocketFactory based server with an 
IO::Socket::INET based script.

I'm not doing anything out of the ordinary with my server or client 
sockets, but the statement in my IO::Socket based client:

print $poe_sock "CMD\n";

Doesn't return at all (i.e. it just blocks forever)!  Though, the server 
does indicate that it recieved CMD, and continues accepting other 
connections just fine.
Interestingly, I'm able to telnet to the server and issue commands, 
which works fine.  Also, I tried various "\r\n" combinations in the 
client just to be thorough, thinking that would be why telnet was 
succeeding ... but to no avail.

Any ideas?

-john