Fixed bug [ 1529838 ] Non-existent URI
diff --git a/httplib2/__init__.py b/httplib2/__init__.py
index 6ad8afe..b5c61f3 100644
--- a/httplib2/__init__.py
+++ b/httplib2/__init__.py
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@
 class UnimplementedDigestAuthOptionError(HttpLib2Error): pass
 class UnimplementedHmacDigestAuthOptionError(HttpLib2Error): pass
 class RelativeURIError(HttpLib2Error): pass
+class ServerNotFoundError(HttpLib2Error): pass
 
 # Open Items:
 # -----------
@@ -657,6 +658,8 @@
             try:
                 conn.request(method, request_uri, body, headers)
                 response = conn.getresponse()
+            except gaierror:
+                raise ServerNotFoundError("Unable to find the server at %s" % request_uri)
             except:
                 if i == 0:
                     conn.close()
diff --git a/httplib2test.py b/httplib2test.py
index 33e50d6..4839559 100755
--- a/httplib2test.py
+++ b/httplib2test.py
@@ -83,6 +83,13 @@
         self.http = httplib2.Http(cacheDirName)
         self.http.clear_credentials()
 
+    def testGetUnknownServer(self):
+        try:
+            self.http.request("http://fred.bitworking.org/")
+            self.fail("An httplib2.ServerNotFoundError Exception must be thrown on an unresolvable server.")
+        except httplib2.ServerNotFoundError:
+            pass
+
     def testGetIRI(self):
         if sys.version_info >= (2,3):
             uri = urlparse.urljoin(base, u"reflector/reflector.cgi?d=\N{CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER DJE}")