arch linux / leafnode - unable to connect (connection refused)

I just installed arch a bit ago on a spare computer, it all works great.
But I can't get leafnode working. I am using a howto from ubuntu since
arch site has no information. Installation and config seem to work, and
the daemon starts fine. Logs show it connects to my newsserver but
telnet'ing from localhost -- or slrn will not connect. Says "connection
refused"

I can "show my work" but I wanted to shorten the post. If you want/need
that info I'd be more than happy to post.

here's the guide I followed: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=676837

I installed using yaourt
I do not have my firewall running
hosts.allow/deny have been disabled in case.

leafnode has been configured with user/pass, server address and port.

if I type "leafnode" I get this:

//
200 Leafnode NNTP Daemon, version 1.11.7 running at [dns] (my fqdn: [dns])
//

I found a News.log file in /var/log/ and it says connected to newsgroup
server with user/pass, no posts sent. If I do a fetchnews I get new
articles in /var/spool/news/ So I do NOT think its the server config but
if I do a telnet it says:


//
[root@Desktop log]# telnet localhost 119
Trying 127.0.0.1...
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
//

Anybody have any ideas? I'd appreciate any help, I'll try any ideas and
if you need some more info or output let me know. And maybee I'm overlooking something simple. :/

Thanks
Geo

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