[Pidgin] #7335: Yahoo doesn't connect

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#7335: Yahoo doesn't connect
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 Reporter:  Jorakae  |        Owner:  marv   
     Type:  defect   |       Status:  pending
Milestone:           |    Component:  Yahoo! 
  Version:  2.5.2    |   Resolution:         
 Keywords:           |  
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Changes (by datallah):

  * status:  new => pending


Old description:

> Just curious if anyone else has seen this or can explain it. It works
> fine over our wireless network but when I try to connect over our LAN, I
> get this...
>
> (11:12:48) connection: Connecting. gc = 01AFB7E0
> (11:12:48) dnsquery: Performing DNS lookup for scs.msg.yahoo.com
> (11:12:48) dnsquery: IP resolved for scs.msg.yahoo.com
> (11:12:48) proxy: Attempting connection to 153.39.73.199
> (11:12:48) proxy: Connecting to scs.msg.yahoo.com:5050 with no proxy
> (11:12:48) proxy: Connection in progress
> (11:12:48) proxy: Connected to scs.msg.yahoo.com:5050.
> (11:12:48) account: Disconnecting account 00C7C4C8
> (11:12:48) connection: Disconnecting connection 01AFB7E0
> (11:12:48) connection: Destroying connection 01AFB7E0
> (11:12:53) util: Writing file accounts.xml to directory C:\Documents and
> Settings\Chris\Application Data\.purple
> (11:12:53) util: Writing file C:\Documents and Settings\Chris\Application
> Data\.purple\accounts.xml

New description:

 Just curious if anyone else has seen this or can explain it. It works fine
 over our wireless network but when I try to connect over our LAN, I get
 this...

 {{{
 (11:12:48) connection: Connecting. gc = 01AFB7E0
 (11:12:48) dnsquery: Performing DNS lookup for scs.msg.yahoo.com
 (11:12:48) dnsquery: IP resolved for scs.msg.yahoo.com
 (11:12:48) proxy: Attempting connection to 153.39.73.199
 (11:12:48) proxy: Connecting to scs.msg.yahoo.com:5050 with no proxy
 (11:12:48) proxy: Connection in progress
 (11:12:48) proxy: Connected to scs.msg.yahoo.com:5050.
 (11:12:48) account: Disconnecting account 00C7C4C8
 (11:12:48) connection: Disconnecting connection 01AFB7E0
 (11:12:48) connection: Destroying connection 01AFB7E0
 (11:12:53) util: Writing file accounts.xml to directory C:\Documents and
 Settings\Chris\Application Data\.purple
 (11:12:53) util: Writing file C:\Documents and Settings\Chris\Application
 Data\.purple\accounts.xml
 }}}

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Comment:

 The cause is probably some sort of firewall.

 It looks like the error handling in the debug output there isn't very good
 - does the notification in the buddy list contain a better error?

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