[Pidgin] #1262: Cannot log onto google talk using pidgin

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#1262: Cannot log onto google talk using pidgin
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  Reporter:  rsbetts    |       Owner:  seanegan
      Type:  defect     |      Status:  new     
  Priority:  minor      |   Milestone:  2.1.0   
 Component:  libpurple  |     Version:  2.0     
Resolution:             |    Keywords:          
   Pending:  0          |  
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Comment (by jleinenbach):

 I was successful with Google Talk, so let's go through all the steps:

 Although the "register" button of pidgin creates new XMPP-accounts, this
 feature doesn't work for Google Talk. Instead, you have to create your
 account on their website first.

 This is what you already did, then you added your XMPP-account within
 pidgin with gmail.com as domain and clicked the "save" button.

 Your client tried to connect to the talk.google.com server, but you've got
 the Windows socket error No. 10060 (Operation Timed Out). This means that
 a connection attempt or idle connection timed out.

 The gmail.com servers are sometimes a bit slow... Today, I had to
 reconnect several times.

 Another cause may be your firewall since the Google Talk client
 automatically uses port 443 if port 5222 fails:
 http://www.google.com/support/talk/bin/answer.py?answer=27930


 So please try to set the following information in your "Advanced" settings
 tab of your pidgin account configuration:

 check/activate: "use old SSL (port 5223)"
 set port to: 443
 set server to: talk.google.com

 With this setting, I can connect to the Google Talk server successfully
 and my firewall says it actually uses port 443 (and not 5223).

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