Hi *, I'm getting deeper into it. I've now a version built with libsocks5 and connecting to a socks4 server. I'm still running into problems: Below is the output of connecting to the cache and issuing a LIST commando (not echoed): --- snip --- 200 sysux02.system.ptv.de NNTPcache server V1.0.1 Jan 31 1997 ready (posting ok)