[squid-users] error while purging object from cache

[Siju George]

Hi all

I am runnning Squid ob OpenBSD 3.5.

I have the lines

        acl PURGE method PURGE
        acl localhost src 127.0.0.1
        http_access allow PURGE localhost
        http_access deny PURGE

in my squid .conf 

but when I give the command 

squidclient -m PURGE http://...................

to purge an object form squid in the local host. I get the following
error message

client: ERROR: Cannot connect to localhost:3128: Connection refused.

Could Someone please tell me what is wrong?

Thankyou Somuch

regards

Siju