Connection/SSL questions

[trickys]

Hi
I've just signed up and it seems to be working fine using the standard port 119.  But one of my friends said I should be connecting using the secure ports 563 or 443, so I checked 'SSL' but it doesnt seem to be connecting?

I am using Win7, have tried turning off my firewall (Windows Firewall that is) but it still didnt make any difference. Also, I am using 0.25.0.

In the logs, I am just getting "[10/13/2010 4:58:05 PM] [T13] Could not connect (Astraweb) "

So basically questions are:
1.) Should I be using SSL?
2.) Do I need to enable it? and if so, how would I do this?

Thanks

[Hecks]

Astraweb server settings:

Current Settings
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These are the settings that remain valid for use:

General Servers (Non SSL) on ports 119, 23, 1818 or 8080:
- news.astraweb.com
- eu.news.astraweb.com (European servers)
- us.news.astraweb.com (U.S. servers)


Secure Servers (SSL) on ports 443 or 563.
- ssl.astraweb.com
- ssl-eu.astraweb.com (European servers)
- ssl-us.astraweb.com (U.S. servers)

http://helpdesk.astraweb.com/index.php?_m=news&_a=viewnews&newsid=45

[trickys]

Many Thanks!