Hi-I have a premium usenet provider that allows me to connect via ssl. I have xnews running via WIne. In Windows I run stunnel then set up xnews to connect to 'localhost' and all is well. In Knoppix I type the following:

OpenSSL> s_client -connect news.meganetnews.com:563

and get:

CONNECTED(00000003)
depth=0 /C=GB/ST=Berkshire/L=Newbury/O=My Company Ltd
verify error:num=18:self signed certificate
verify return:1
depth=0 /C=GB/ST=Berkshire/L=Newbury/O=My Company Ltd
verify return:1
---
Certificate chain
0 s:/C=GB/ST=Berkshire/L=Newbury/O=My Company Ltd
i:/C=GB/ST=Berkshire/L=Newbury/O=My Company Ltd
---
Server certificate
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIICtTCCAh6gAwIBAgIBADANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQQFADBMMQswCQ YDVQQGEwJHQjES
MBAGA1UECBMJQmVya3NoaXJlMRAwDgYDVQQHEwdOZXdidXJ5MR cwFQYDVQQKEw5N
eSBDb21wYW55IEx0ZDAeFw0wMzA2MjUwNDE4MTRaFw0wNDA2Mj QwNDE4MTRaMEwx
CzAJBgNVBAYTAkdCMRIwEAYDVQQIEwlCZXJrc2hpcmUxEDAOBg NVBAcTB05ld2J1
cnkxFzAVBgNVBAoTDk15IENvbXBhbnkgTHRkMIGfMA0GCSqGSI b3DQEBAQUAA4GN
ADCBiQKBgQDBO07hZvSXyR+jCeIc6pBxUgtZu0m2lhfuAz3Sxp qc1H2tbRzBWnjm
ym9dtgmZDuRMRELyolbhIj7i4pcA9huQP2a76+Roa2mfwyp8xk ByqXG5n0I+cnH8
BwXQhIbCKkLp0uqVvZF+b7+A5Ia85tlpcG7ri1knOgOKWRhn7w mmRQIDAQABo4Gm
MIGjMB0GA1UdDgQWBBRd//YAMzT7dJrIZHvYyZ84qodZTjB0BgNVHSMEbTBrgBRd
//YAMzT7dJrIZHvYyZ84qodZTqFQpE4wTDELMAkGA1UEBhMCR0Ix EjAQBgNVBAgT
CUJlcmtzaGlyZTEQMA4GA1UEBxMHTmV3YnVyeTEXMBUGA1UECh MOTXkgQ29tcGFu
eSBMdGSCAQAwDAYDVR0TBAUwAwEB/zANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQQFAAOBgQByxeg6X1tR
iller+2EM0lTiQ+E8Tnbxuci8poENoHmsgLLkedtZyALwQUZfr lIMvn0KxHLTgwa
4X5sIEWHm6sYLrgFjZLILKEeus77/2uZTN3QGTZbKUDqtxvVXOi/mQwT4yN/iBJg
eD+YOgDaVUFVXVPXD3MFemYUIss0R40LjQ==
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
subject=/C=GB/ST=Berkshire/L=Newbury/O=My Company Ltd
issuer=/C=GB/ST=Berkshire/L=Newbury/O=My Company Ltd
---
No client certificate CA names sent
---
SSL handshake has read 859 bytes and written 340 bytes
---
New, TLSv1/SSLv3, Cipher is AES256-SHA
Server public key is 1024 bit
SSL-Session:
Protocol : TLSv1
Cipher : AES256-SHA
Session-ID: FEAD5BB175728C83CF39A416218E268B1199BAB9F487C892E2 339FA6E3D2916F
Session-ID-ctx:
Master-Key: 0C2485B4B53E9E44D9A892013A50DBCF87E25413920DFC5EEC 54FACAA8A67E21F986A392C4A9EDF3E2DE50CB292AF0C7
Key-Arg : None
Start Time: 1085013289
Timeout : 300 (sec)
Verify return code: 18 (self signed certificate)
---
200 Welcome 66.150.105.140 cnt 8

But when I run xnews in wine to connect to 'localhost' it gives a connection refused message.
Any help,tips, pointers or comments appreciated.
Yours-Don