I'm attempting to set up a config file for Mule ESB 2.2.1 that routes incoming requests to another box. This seems straight forward, but I am getting connection refused exceptions and I'm not sure why. 

Here is the model from my Mule configuration file:

&lt;model name="ProxySample"&gt;
    &lt;service name="HttpProxyService"&gt;
        &lt;inbound&gt;
            &lt;http:inbound-endpoint address="http://localhost:8787" synchronous="true"/&gt;
        &lt;/inbound&gt;
        &lt;outbound&gt;
            &lt;pass-through-router&gt;
                &lt;outbound-endpoint address="http://server2.xyz.com:8080#[header:http.request]" synchronous="true"/&gt;
            &lt;/pass-through-router&gt;
        &lt;/outbound&gt;
    &lt;/service&gt;
&lt;/model&gt;


I am browsing to http://localhost:8787/my-site in my browser, thinking that it will route to http://server2.xyz.com:8080/my-site, but I get a connection refused error.

Here is the console output from the Mule server:

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* Mule ESB and Integration Platform                                  *
* Version: 2.2.1 Build: 14422                                        *
* MuleSource, Inc.                                                   *
* For more information go to http://mule.mulesource.org              *
*                                                                    *
* Server started: 1/19/10 10:43 AM                                   *
* Server ID: 6802537d-0511-11df-bb89-710580f6c729                    *
* JDK: 1.6.0_18 (mixed mode, sharing)                                *
* OS encoding: UTF-8, Mule encoding: UTF-8                           *
* OS: Windows XP - Service Pack 3 (5.1, x86)                         *
* Host:                                      *
*                                                                    *
* Agents Running: None                                               *
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INFO  2010-01-19 10:43:50,681 [connector.http.0.receiver.2] org.mule.transport.http.HttpClientMessageDispatcher: Connected: endpoint.outbound.http://localhost:8080#[header:http.request]
ERROR 2010-01-19 10:43:54,665 [connector.http.0.receiver.2] org.mule.DefaultExceptionStrategy: 
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Message               : Failed to route event via endpoint: org.mule.endpoint.DynamicURIOutboundEndpoint@6645e149. Message payload is of type: GetMethod
Type                  : org.mule.api.transport.DispatchException
Code                  : MULE_ERROR-42999
Payload               : org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.GetMethod@d67067
JavaDoc               : http://www.mulesource.org/docs/site/current2/apidocs/org/mule/api/transport/DispatchException.html
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Exception stack is:
1. Connection refused: connect (java.net.ConnectException)
  java.net.PlainSocketImpl:-2 (null)
2. Failed to route event via endpoint: org.mule.endpoint.DynamicURIOutboundEndpoint@6645e149. Message payload is of type: GetMethod (org.mule.api.transport.DispatchException)
  org.mule.transport.http.HttpClientMessageDispatcher:127 (http://www.mulesource.org/docs/site/current2/apidocs/org/mule/api/transport/DispatchException.html)
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Root Exception stack trace:
java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
    at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
    at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:333)
    at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSocketImpl.java:195)
    at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:182)
    at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:366)
    at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:525)
    at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:475)
    at java.net.Socket.&lt;init&gt;(Socket.java:372)
    at java.net.Socket.&lt;init&gt;(Socket.java:246)
    at org.apache.commons.httpclient.protocol.DefaultProtocolSocketFactory.createSocket(DefaultProtocolSocketFactory.java:80)
    at org.apache.commons.httpclient.protocol.DefaultProtocolSocketFactory.createSocket(DefaultProtocolSocketFactory.java:122)
    at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpConnection.open(HttpConnection.java:707)
    at org.apache.commons.httpclient.MultiThreadedHttpConnectionManager$HttpConnectionAdapter.open(MultiThreadedHttpConnectionManager.java:1361)
    at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodDirector.executeWithRetry(HttpMethodDirector.java:387)
    at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodDirector.executeMethod(HttpMethodDirector.java:171)
    at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient.executeMethod(HttpClient.java:397)
    at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient.executeMethod(HttpClient.java:346)
    at org.mule.transport.http.HttpClientMessageDispatcher.execute(HttpClientMessageDispatcher.java:120)
    at org.mule.transport.http.HttpClientMessageDispatcher.doSend(HttpClientMessageDispatcher.java:258)
    at org.mule.transport.AbstractMessageDispatcher.send(AbstractMessageDispatcher.java:163)
    at org.mule.transport.AbstractConnector.send(AbstractConnector.java:2016)
    at org.mule.endpoint.DynamicURIOutboundEndpoint.send(DynamicURIOutboundEndpoint.java:178)
    at org.mule.DefaultMuleSession.sendEvent(DefaultMuleSession.java:327)
    at org.mule.DefaultMuleSession.sendEvent(DefaultMuleSession.java:213)
    at org.mule.routing.outbound.AbstractOutboundRouter$2.doInTransaction(AbstractOutboundRouter.java:152)
    at org.mule.transaction.TransactionTemplate.execute(TransactionTemplate.java:99)
    at org.mule.routing.outbound.AbstractOutboundRouter.send(AbstractOutboundRouter.java:159)
    at org.mule.routing.outbound.ChainingRouter.route(ChainingRouter.java:123)
    at org.mule.routing.outbound.DefaultOutboundRouterCollection$1.doInTransaction(DefaultOutboundRouterCollection.java:88)
    at org.mule.transaction.TransactionTemplate.execute(TransactionTemplate.java:45)
    at org.mule.routing.outbound.DefaultOutboundRouterCollection.route(DefaultOutboundRouterCollection.java:93)
    at org.mule.service.AbstractService.sendToOutboundRouter(AbstractService.java:892)
    at org.mule.model.seda.SedaService.doSend(SedaService.java:258)
    at org.mule.service.AbstractService.sendEvent(AbstractService.java:500)
    at org.mule.DefaultMuleSession.sendEvent(DefaultMuleSession.java:354)
    at org.mule.routing.inbound.DefaultInboundRouterCollection.send(DefaultInboundRouterCollection.java:228)
    at org.mule.routing.inbound.DefaultInboundRouterCollection.route(DefaultInboundRouterCollection.java:188)
    at org.mule.transport.AbstractMessageReceiver$DefaultInternalMessageListener.onMessage(AbstractMessageReceiver.java:364)
    at org.mule.transport.AbstractMessageReceiver.routeMessage(AbstractMessageReceiver.java:252)
    at org.mule.transport.AbstractMessageReceiver.routeMessage(AbstractMessageReceiver.java:193)
    at org.mule.transport.http.HttpMessageReceiver$HttpWorker.doRequest(HttpMessageReceiver.java:273)
    at org.mule.transport.http.HttpMessageReceiver$HttpWorker.processRequest(HttpMessageReceiver.java:227)
    at org.mule.transport.http.HttpMessageReceiver$HttpWorker.run(HttpMessageReceiver.java:190)
    at org.mule.work.WorkerContext.run(WorkerContext.java:310)
    at edu.emory.mathcs.backport.java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1061)
    at edu.emory.mathcs.backport.java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:575)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)

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INFO  2010-01-19 10:43:54,665 [connector.http.0.receiver.2] org.mule.transaction.TransactionTemplate: Exception Caught in Transaction template.  Handing off to exception handler: org.mule.service.DefaultServiceExceptionStrategy@1412e75
ERROR 2010-01-19 10:43:54,665 [connector.http.0.receiver.2] org.mule.service.DefaultServiceExceptionStrategy: 
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Message               : Failed to route event via endpoint: org.mule.endpoint.DynamicURIOutboundEndpoint@6645e149. Message payload is of type: GetMethod
Type                  : org.mule.api.transport.DispatchException
Code                  : MULE_ERROR-42999
Payload               : org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.GetMethod@d67067
JavaDoc               : http://www.mulesource.org/docs/site/current2/apidocs/org/mule/api/transport/DispatchException.html
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Exception stack is:
1. Connection refused: connect (java.net.ConnectException)
  java.net.PlainSocketImpl:-2 (null)
2. Failed to route event via endpoint: org.mule.endpoint.DynamicURIOutboundEndpoint@6645e149. Message payload is of type: GetMethod (org.mule.api.transport.DispatchException)
  org.mule.transport.http.HttpClientMessageDispatcher:127 (http://www.mulesource.org/docs/site/current2/apidocs/org/mule/api/transport/DispatchException.html)
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Root Exception stack trace:
java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
    at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
    at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:333)
    at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSocketImpl.java:195)
    at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:182)
    at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:366)
    at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:525)
    at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:475)
    at java.net.Socket.&lt;init&gt;(Socket.java:372)
    at java.net.Socket.&lt;init&gt;(Socket.java:246)
    at org.apache.commons.httpclient.protocol.DefaultProtocolSocketFactory.createSocket(DefaultProtocolSocketFactory.java:80)
    at org.apache.commons.httpclient.protocol.DefaultProtocolSocketFactory.createSocket(DefaultProtocolSocketFactory.java:122)
    at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpConnection.open(HttpConnection.java:707)
    at org.apache.commons.httpclient.MultiThreadedHttpConnectionManager$HttpConnectionAdapter.open(MultiThreadedHttpConnectionManager.java:1361)
    at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodDirector.executeWithRetry(HttpMethodDirector.java:387)
    at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodDirector.executeMethod(HttpMethodDirector.java:171)
    at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient.executeMethod(HttpClient.java:397)
    at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient.executeMethod(HttpClient.java:346)
    at org.mule.transport.http.HttpClientMessageDispatcher.execute(HttpClientMessageDispatcher.java:120)
    at org.mule.transport.http.HttpClientMessageDispatcher.doSend(HttpClientMessageDispatcher.java:258)
    at org.mule.transport.AbstractMessageDispatcher.send(AbstractMessageDispatcher.java:163)
    at org.mule.transport.AbstractConnector.send(AbstractConnector.java:2016)
    at org.mule.endpoint.DynamicURIOutboundEndpoint.send(DynamicURIOutboundEndpoint.java:178)
    at org.mule.DefaultMuleSession.sendEvent(DefaultMuleSession.java:327)
    at org.mule.DefaultMuleSession.sendEvent(DefaultMuleSession.java:213)
    at org.mule.routing.outbound.AbstractOutboundRouter$2.doInTransaction(AbstractOutboundRouter.java:152)
    at org.mule.transaction.TransactionTemplate.execute(TransactionTemplate.java:99)
    at org.mule.routing.outbound.AbstractOutboundRouter.send(AbstractOutboundRouter.java:159)
    at org.mule.routing.outbound.ChainingRouter.route(ChainingRouter.java:123)
    at org.mule.routing.outbound.DefaultOutboundRouterCollection$1.doInTransaction(DefaultOutboundRouterCollection.java:88)
    at org.mule.transaction.TransactionTemplate.execute(TransactionTemplate.java:45)
    at org.mule.routing.outbound.DefaultOutboundRouterCollection.route(DefaultOutboundRouterCollection.java:93)
    at org.mule.service.AbstractService.sendToOutboundRouter(AbstractService.java:892)
    at org.mule.model.seda.SedaService.doSend(SedaService.java:258)
    at org.mule.service.AbstractService.sendEvent(AbstractService.java:500)
    at org.mule.DefaultMuleSession.sendEvent(DefaultMuleSession.java:354)
    at org.mule.routing.inbound.DefaultInboundRouterCollection.send(DefaultInboundRouterCollection.java:228)
    at org.mule.routing.inbound.DefaultInboundRouterCollection.route(DefaultInboundRouterCollection.java:188)
    at org.mule.transport.AbstractMessageReceiver$DefaultInternalMessageListener.onMessage(AbstractMessageReceiver.java:364)
    at org.mule.transport.AbstractMessageReceiver.routeMessage(AbstractMessageReceiver.java:252)
    at org.mule.transport.AbstractMessageReceiver.routeMessage(AbstractMessageReceiver.java:193)
    at org.mule.transport.http.HttpMessageReceiver$HttpWorker.doRequest(HttpMessageReceiver.java:273)
    at org.mule.transport.http.HttpMessageReceiver$HttpWorker.processRequest(HttpMessageReceiver.java:227)
    at org.mule.transport.http.HttpMessageReceiver$HttpWorker.run(HttpMessageReceiver.java:190)
    at org.mule.work.WorkerContext.run(WorkerContext.java:310)
    at edu.emory.mathcs.backport.java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1061)
    at edu.emory.mathcs.backport.java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:575)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)

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ERROR 2010-01-19 10:43:54,665 [connector.http.0.receiver.2] org.mule.service.DefaultServiceExceptionStrategy: 
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Message               : Failed to route event via endpoint: org.mule.endpoint.DynamicURIOutboundEndpoint@6645e149. Message payload is of type: GetMethod
Type                  : org.mule.api.transport.DispatchException
Code                  : MULE_ERROR-42999
Payload               : org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.GetMethod@d67067
JavaDoc               : http://www.mulesource.org/docs/site/current2/apidocs/org/mule/api/transport/DispatchException.html
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Exception stack is:
1. Connection refused: connect (java.net.ConnectException)
  java.net.PlainSocketImpl:-2 (null)
2. Failed to route event via endpoint: org.mule.endpoint.DynamicURIOutboundEndpoint@6645e149. Message payload is of type: GetMethod (org.mule.api.transport.DispatchException)
  org.mule.transport.http.HttpClientMessageDispatcher:127 (http://www.mulesource.org/docs/site/current2/apidocs/org/mule/api/transport/DispatchException.html)
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Root Exception stack trace:
java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
    at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
    at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:333)
    at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSocketImpl.java:195)
    at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:182)
    at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:366)
    at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:525)
    at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:475)
    at java.net.Socket.&lt;init&gt;(Socket.java:372)
    at java.net.Socket.&lt;init&gt;(Socket.java:246)
    at org.apache.commons.httpclient.protocol.DefaultProtocolSocketFactory.createSocket(DefaultProtocolSocketFactory.java:80)
    at org.apache.commons.httpclient.protocol.DefaultProtocolSocketFactory.createSocket(DefaultProtocolSocketFactory.java:122)
    at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpConnection.open(HttpConnection.java:707)
    at org.apache.commons.httpclient.MultiThreadedHttpConnectionManager$HttpConnectionAdapter.open(MultiThreadedHttpConnectionManager.java:1361)
    at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodDirector.executeWithRetry(HttpMethodDirector.java:387)
    at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodDirector.executeMethod(HttpMethodDirector.java:171)
    at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient.executeMethod(HttpClient.java:397)
    at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient.executeMethod(HttpClient.java:346)
    at org.mule.transport.http.HttpClientMessageDispatcher.execute(HttpClientMessageDispatcher.java:120)
    at org.mule.transport.http.HttpClientMessageDispatcher.doSend(HttpClientMessageDispatcher.java:258)
    at org.mule.transport.AbstractMessageDispatcher.send(AbstractMessageDispatcher.java:163)
    at org.mule.transport.AbstractConnector.send(AbstractConnector.java:2016)
    at org.mule.endpoint.DynamicURIOutboundEndpoint.send(DynamicURIOutboundEndpoint.java:178)
    at org.mule.DefaultMuleSession.sendEvent(DefaultMuleSession.java:327)
    at org.mule.DefaultMuleSession.sendEvent(DefaultMuleSession.java:213)
    at org.mule.routing.outbound.AbstractOutboundRouter$2.doInTransaction(AbstractOutboundRouter.java:152)
    at org.mule.transaction.TransactionTemplate.execute(TransactionTemplate.java:99)
    at org.mule.routing.outbound.AbstractOutboundRouter.send(AbstractOutboundRouter.java:159)
    at org.mule.routing.outbound.ChainingRouter.route(ChainingRouter.java:123)
    at org.mule.routing.outbound.DefaultOutboundRouterCollection$1.doInTransaction(DefaultOutboundRouterCollection.java:88)
    at org.mule.transaction.TransactionTemplate.execute(TransactionTemplate.java:45)
    at org.mule.routing.outbound.DefaultOutboundRouterCollection.route(DefaultOutboundRouterCollection.java:93)
    at org.mule.service.AbstractService.sendToOutboundRouter(AbstractService.java:892)
    at org.mule.model.seda.SedaService.doSend(SedaService.java:258)
    at org.mule.service.AbstractService.sendEvent(AbstractService.java:500)
    at org.mule.DefaultMuleSession.sendEvent(DefaultMuleSession.java:354)
    at org.mule.routing.inbound.DefaultInboundRouterCollection.send(DefaultInboundRouterCollection.java:228)
    at org.mule.routing.inbound.DefaultInboundRouterCollection.route(DefaultInboundRouterCollection.java:188)
    at org.mule.transport.AbstractMessageReceiver$DefaultInternalMessageListener.onMessage(AbstractMessageReceiver.java:364)
    at org.mule.transport.AbstractMessageReceiver.routeMessage(AbstractMessageReceiver.java:252)
    at org.mule.transport.AbstractMessageReceiver.routeMessage(AbstractMessageReceiver.java:193)
    at org.mule.transport.http.HttpMessageReceiver$HttpWorker.doRequest(HttpMessageReceiver.java:273)
    at org.mule.transport.http.HttpMessageReceiver$HttpWorker.processRequest(HttpMessageReceiver.java:227)
    at org.mule.transport.http.HttpMessageReceiver$HttpWorker.run(HttpMessageReceiver.java:190)
    at org.mule.work.WorkerContext.run(WorkerContext.java:310)
    at edu.emory.mathcs.backport.java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1061)
    at edu.emory.mathcs.backport.java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:575)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)

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