Please accept the below patch as a means of avoiding adding the standard
port number to the backend request, as this is added to HTTP_HOST, and as
such, may break some applications.


diff -ruN pound-1.8.1-old/svc.c pound-1.8.1/svc.c
--- pound-1.8.1-old/svc.c     2005-02-09 22:16:30.000000000 +1100
+++ pound-1.8.1/svc.c         2005-02-13 00:42:21.000000000 +1100
(at)(at) -666,10 +690,7 (at)(at)
     if(strchr(host, ':') != NULL)
         /* the host already contains a port */
         return NULL;
-    sprintf(res, "Host: %s:%hd", host, ntohs(to_host->sin_port));
+    if(ntohs(to_host->sin_port) != 80)
+       sprintf(res, "Host: %s:%hd", host, ntohs(to_host->sin_port));
+    else
+       sprintf(res, "Host: %s", host);
     return strdup(res);
 }