[Pidgin] #8853: Cannot connect to Yahoo - "connection refused" error

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#8853: Cannot connect to Yahoo - "connection refused" error
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 Reporter:  christophermerkel         |        Owner:  marv   
     Type:  defect                    |       Status:  pending
Milestone:                            |    Component:  Yahoo! 
  Version:  2.5.5                     |   Resolution:         
 Keywords:  connection refused error  |  
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Changes (by christophermerkel):

  * status:  pending => new


Old description:

> I'm unable to connect to Yahoo through Pidgin, though I was connecting
> fine last week on the same machine.
> I'm running 2.5.5 for over 2 weeks.
> I am successfully able to ping scs.msg.yahoo.com with 0 packets lost at
> ~49ms.
> I have tried changing the port number for Yahoo to all ports I know of
> that it uses, with no effect: 80, 5050, 8001, 8002
> Uninstalling the program and reinstalling from scratch (not copying
> .purple directory) has no effect on this error, and it reproduces 100% of
> the time.
> This is on Windows XP SP3.
>
> A dump of my Debug window follows, minus my Yahoo username:
>
> (10:29:52) prefs: /purple/savedstatus/default changed, scheduling save.
> (10:29:52) account: Connecting to account ****@yahoo.com
> (10:29:52) connection: Connecting. gc = 03730910
> (10:29:52) dnsquery: Performing DNS lookup for scs.msg.yahoo.com
> (10:29:55) dnsquery: IP resolved for scs.msg.yahoo.com
> (10:29:55) proxy: Attempting connection to 66.163.181.166
> (10:29:55) proxy: Connecting to scs.msg.yahoo.com:5050 with no proxy
> (10:29:55) proxy: Connection in progress
> (10:29:56) proxy: Connecting to scs.msg.yahoo.com:5050.
> (10:29:56) proxy: Error connecting to scs.msg.yahoo.com:5050 (Connection
> refused.).
> (10:29:56) proxy: Connection attempt failed: Connection refused.
> (10:29:56) account: Disconnecting account 00CC48E8
> (10:29:56) connection: Disconnecting connection 03730910
> (10:29:56) connection: Destroying connection 03730910
> (10:29:57) util: Writing file status.xml to directory C:\Documents and
> Settings\Chris Merkel\Application Data\.purple
> (10:29:57) util: Writing file C:\Documents and Settings\Chris
> Merkel\Application Data\.purple\status.xml
> (10:29:58) util: Writing file prefs.xml to directory C:\Documents and
> Settings\Chris Merkel\Application Data\.purple
> (10:29:58) util: Writing file C:\Documents and Settings\Chris
> Merkel\Application Data\.purple\prefs.xml
> (10:29:58) util: Writing file accounts.xml to directory C:\Documents and
> Settings\Chris Merkel\Application Data\.purple
> (10:29:58) util: Writing file C:\Documents and Settings\Chris
> Merkel\Application Data\.purple\accounts.xml
>
> ----------
>
> Any advice is greatly appreciated.
>
> Thank you,
> Chris

New description:

 Hello deryni,

 Pidgin is now working for me after applying the "ipconfig /flushdns"
 command in an MS-DOS command prompt window per solarisjedi's suggestion.

 From other posters in this ticket, I can see that it is not a permanent
 fix, though. I myself had to apply the /flushdns command twice before my
 copy of Pidgin successfully connected to Yahoo again. It is of course up
 to you fellows to close this ticket or keep it open, but if I may suggest,
 at least forward this item to whomever is working on the Yahoo component
 of Pidgin so that they may find and create a solution for the next
 version.

 DNS is obviously the main (or at least major) culprit of my issue, that's
 certain.

 I'd like to thank all of you who've posted for your support in helping
 identify and fix this!

 Sincerely,[[BR]]
 Chris

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Comment:

 Replying to [comment:7 deryni]:
 > So is this "fixed" now?

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