diff --git a/mozilla/docshell/base/nsDocShell.cpp b/mozilla/docshell/base/nsDocShell.cpp
index 78333c42954..4124087ed33 100644
--- a/mozilla/docshell/base/nsDocShell.cpp
+++ b/mozilla/docshell/base/nsDocShell.cpp
@@ -2539,7 +2539,8 @@ NS_IMETHODIMP nsDocShell::DoURILoad(nsIURI* aURI, nsIURI* aReferrerURI,
       // right now, this is only done for http channels.....
       if(aPostData)
          {
-         httpChannel->SetRequestMethod(HM_POST);
+	     nsCOMPtr<nsIAtom> method = NS_NewAtom ("POST");
+         httpChannel->SetRequestMethod(method);
          httpChannel->SetUploadStream(aPostData);
          }
       // Set the referrer explicitly
diff --git a/mozilla/mailnews/absync/src/nsAbSyncPostEngine.cpp b/mozilla/mailnews/absync/src/nsAbSyncPostEngine.cpp
index 75661f4d559..a9755ae4ea5 100644
--- a/mozilla/mailnews/absync/src/nsAbSyncPostEngine.cpp
+++ b/mozilla/mailnews/absync/src/nsAbSyncPostEngine.cpp
@@ -319,7 +319,9 @@ nsAbSyncPostEngine::FireURLRequest(nsIURI *aURL, nsPostCompletionCallback  cb,
   if (!httpChannel)
     return NS_ERROR_FAILURE;
 
-  httpChannel->SetRequestMethod(HM_POST);
+  nsCOMPtr<nsIAtom> method = NS_NewAtom ("POST");
+
+  httpChannel->SetRequestMethod(method);
   httpChannel->SetUploadStream(postStream);
 **/
 
diff --git a/mozilla/xpfe/components/bookmarks/src/nsBookmarksService.cpp b/mozilla/xpfe/components/bookmarks/src/nsBookmarksService.cpp
index fd3292a0597..4b8bc516562 100644
--- a/mozilla/xpfe/components/bookmarks/src/nsBookmarksService.cpp
+++ b/mozilla/xpfe/components/bookmarks/src/nsBookmarksService.cpp
@@ -2239,8 +2239,8 @@ nsBookmarksService::FireTimer(nsITimer* aTimer, void* aClosure)
 					{
 						bmks->htmlSize = 0;
 
-//						httpChannel->SetRequestMethod(HM_GET);
-						httpChannel->SetRequestMethod(HM_HEAD);
+						nsCOMPtr<nsIAtom> method = NS_NewAtom ("HEAD");
+						httpChannel->SetRequestMethod(method);
 						if (NS_SUCCEEDED(rv = channel->AsyncRead(bmks, nsnull)))
 						{
 							bmks->busySchedule = TRUE;
diff --git a/mozilla/xpfe/components/search/src/nsInternetSearchService.cpp b/mozilla/xpfe/components/search/src/nsInternetSearchService.cpp
index 31d3c66cf3a..11e7702234c 100755
--- a/mozilla/xpfe/components/search/src/nsInternetSearchService.cpp
+++ b/mozilla/xpfe/components/search/src/nsInternetSearchService.cpp
@@ -3068,7 +3068,8 @@ InternetSearchDataSource::DoSearch(nsIRDFResource *source, nsIRDFResource *engin
 				nsCOMPtr<nsIHTTPChannel>	httpChannel = do_QueryInterface(channel);
 				if (httpChannel)
 				{
-					httpChannel->SetRequestMethod(HM_POST);
+					nsCOMPtr<nsIAtom> method = NS_NewAtom ("POST");
+					httpChannel->SetRequestMethod(method);
 
 			        	// construct post data to send
 			        	nsAutoString	postStr;