Can't add friends to Yahoo id in pidgin

[V S Rawat]

I am not able to add any ids of yahoo in pidgin. it invariably says 
some problem with server while rest of things are working.

seems it is some yahoo's whim that they will allow addition only thru 
their own messenger. So, while using pidgin, if I get a yahoo id to 
add, I have to run yahoo messenger.

has anyone found a way out for this? please share.

thanks.
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Rawat