[solved] problem with Yahoo

[Mark Doliner]

On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 5:08 PM, Kalin KOZHUHAROV<kalin at thinrope.net> wrote:
> I have been trying to get back on yahoo for some time and finally I found the solution.
>
> For quite some time my username was "bla-bla at yahoo.com" and I am pretty sure that was accepted. With the new auth protocol, the username apparently has to be changed to "bla-bla" only!
>
> I tried to get somebody on #pidgin interested in adding that to the FAQ, but nobody cared, so I am sending it here.
>
> Not on the list, please Cc me if you reply.

Does anyone know if "whatever at yahoo.com" is a valid login ID?  Or is
it safe to always strip "@yahoo.com"?

I think we might unconditionally strip @yahoo.com from yahoo names and
I can't recall anyone complaining about not being able to log in.  I
should double-check though.

-Mark