I have stunnel 4.53 on x86-pc-mingw32-gnu platform on Win7 OS. I use it minimally at this point but I would like to see whether I can expand my use of it if possible. When I installed it, I simply saved all the program’s files into one folder without actually using the Windows installer program, and then I made some entries in the “stunnel.conf” to make it serve my purpose. Right now to start the program I can go to a Windows command prompt in the stunnel folder and type “stunnel stunnel.conf”. Then a little icon appears in the notification area of Windows Taskbar.

What would happen, I mean how would it differ, if I just typed “stunnel” instead of having to specify the “stunnel.conf” file too? And how would I be able to make use of it in that case? Thanks.