HttpClient httpClient = new HttpClient();
FutureResponseHandler respHdl = new FutureResponseHandler();
BodyDataSink outChannel = httpClient.send(new HttpRequestHeader("POST", "http://localhost:" + server.getLocalPort() + "/conversation"), respHdl);
outChannel.flush();
BlockingBodyDataSource inChannel = respHdl.getResponse().getBlockingBody();
inChannel.readStringByDelimiter("\r\n"); // read greeting