news server innd can't connect

[centos.newsgroup at sandsengen.com (Kai Sandsengen)]

I am setting up a news server and can't connect. I do not run selinux 
and have turned of the firewall when testing.

# telnet 127.0.0.1 119
Trying 127.0.0.1...
telnet: connect to address 127.0.0.1: Connection refused
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused

the server I believe is up running

# ps -efl | grep innd
4 S root      8340  4981  0  76   0 -  1094 pipe_w 13:18 pts/2 
00:00:00 grep innd

Are there anyone that can the answer why I cant connect? And what 
command can I use to see for how long the innd has been running?

kai