Pidgin help

[David Woolley]

Lakshmi Arunachalam wrote:
> 
> I am using pidgin for the first time. i configured my gmail account , 
> but when i tried to login, i am getting the error:
> *Could not establish a connection with the server:
> Connection refused*
> 
Firewall, broken DNS implementation in ADSL router, out of date version 
of Pidgin, are the most likely.  The debug log may give more clues; 
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