Connection refused

In my last msg I said I had a couple of problems but described
only one. This is the other ...

One of the parents for this cache has been refusing connections today
(example cache.log entry below). When this happens squid returns an
error message to the client saying that connection was refused and advises
trying again later. Wouldn't it be sensible for squid to try one of the
other parents/neighbours? Can anyone tell me why it doesn't? What's the
logic I'm failing to see?

[27/Jun/1996:10:52:25 +0100] comm.c:379: connect: 194.82.103.3:8080: (61) Connection refused.

Many thanks,

Alan Cox
NERC Computer Services
Natural Environment Research Council
Received on Thu Jun 27 1996 - 11:34:53 MDT