--- jbsockets.c.orig	Wed Dec 17 17:34:40 2003
+++ jbsockets.c	Fri Apr  7 14:32:06 2006
@@ -780,6 +780,7 @@
 {
    struct sockaddr_in inaddr;
    struct hostent *hostp;
+   unsigned int dns_retries = 0;
 #if defined(HAVE_GETHOSTBYNAME_R_6_ARGS) || defined(HAVE_GETHOSTBYNAME_R_5_ARGS) || defined(HAVE_GETHOSTBYNAME_R_3_ARGS)
    struct hostent result;
 #if defined(HAVE_GETHOSTBYNAME_R_6_ARGS) || defined(HAVE_GETHOSTBYNAME_R_5_ARGS)
@@ -819,7 +820,9 @@
       hostp = gethostbyname(host);
       pthread_mutex_unlock(&gethostbyname_mutex);
 #else
-      hostp = gethostbyname(host);
+      while ( NULL == (hostp = gethostbyname(host)) && (h_errno == TRY_AGAIN) && (dns_retries++ < 10) )
+         log_error(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "%u. timeout while trying to resolve %s. Trying again.",
+                                                dns_retries, host);
 #endif /* def HAVE_GETHOSTBYNAME_R_(6|5|3)_ARGS */
       /*
        * On Mac OSX, if a domain exists but doesn't have a type A