Index: mod/util/http.c
===================================================================
--- mod/util/http.c
+++ mod/util/http.c
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@
 static int
 connect_server( const char *server, ushort port, unsigned int flags )
 {
-  int sock=-1,srv,srvcount=0,connected=0;
+  int sock=-1,srv,srvcount=0,connected=0,hostfound=0;
   struct srventry *srvlist=NULL;
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
@@ -783,6 +783,7 @@
 
       for(ai=res;ai;ai=ai->ai_next)
 	{
+	  hostfound=1;
 	  if((sock=socket(ai->ai_family,ai->ai_socktype,ai->ai_protocol))==-1)
 	    {
 	      log_error("error creating socket: %s\n",strerror(errno));
@@ -816,6 +817,8 @@
       if((host=gethostbyname(srvlist[srv].target))==NULL)
 	continue;
 
+      hostfound=1;
+
       if((sock=socket(host->h_addrtype,SOCK_STREAM,0))==-1)
 	{
 	  log_error("error creating socket: %s\n",strerror(errno));
@@ -849,9 +852,15 @@
   if(!connected)
     {
 #ifdef _WIN32
-      log_error("%s: host not found: ec=%d\n",server,(int)WSAGetLastError());
+      if (hostfound)
+	log_error("%s: cannot connect: ec=%d\n",server,(int)WSAGetLastError());
+      else
+	log_error("%s: host not found: ec=%d\n",server,(int)WSAGetLastError());
 #else
-      log_error("%s: host not found\n",server);
+      if (hostfound)
+	log_error("%s: cannot connect\n",server);
+      else
+	log_error("%s: host not found\n",server);
 #endif
       if(sock!=-1)
 	sock_close(sock);