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set the LDFLAGS and CFLAGS environment variables
and then run configure.  That is (working in csh)

make distclean

setenv LDFLAGS -L/opt/openssl/lib
setenv CFLAGS -I/opt/openssl/include

./configure --prefix=/var/spool/news --with-perl --with-openssl=/opt/openssl



I think that this will let inn compile.
As long as your openssl is a *.a and not a *.so file you should be fine
If it is a *.so you will need to either (a) add the -R /opt/openssl/lib
to the LDFLAGS


(or use LD_RUN_PATH  or LD_LIBRARY_PATH )

Russ has a nice write up at
http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/notes/rpath.html


Regards,
Todd Olson