diff --git a/util/ChangeLog b/util/ChangeLog
index 012232ed7..42aed3bfa 100644
--- a/util/ChangeLog
+++ b/util/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-01-13  David Shaw  <dshaw@jabberwocky.com>
+
+	* http.c (connect_server): Use INADDR_NONE instead of
+	SOCKET_ERROR.  Noted by Timo.
+
 2005-01-06  Werner Koch  <wk@g10code.com>
 
 	* strgutil.c (set_native_charset): Assume that ASCII,
diff --git a/util/http.c b/util/http.c
index 3be005982..5b9a53d7e 100644
--- a/util/http.c
+++ b/util/http.c
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ connect_server( const char *server, ushort port, unsigned int flags,
   init_sockets();
   /* Win32 gethostbyname doesn't handle IP addresses internally, so we
      try inet_addr first on that platform only. */
-  if((inaddr=inet_addr(server))!=SOCKET_ERROR)
+  if((inaddr=inet_addr(server))!=INADDR_NONE)
     {
       struct sockaddr_in addr;