[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:  new   
Milestone:                            |    Component:  Yahoo!
  Version:  2.5.5                     |   Resolution:        
 Keywords:  connection refused error  |  
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Comment(by Iyeru):

 Here's my debug log,


 {{{
 (15:23:56) connection: Connecting. gc = 04D330C0
 (15:23:56) yahoo: Calculated buddy icon checksum: 95077506(15:23:56)
 yahoo: buddy icon is up to date. Not reuploading.
 (15:23:56) dnsquery: Performing DNS lookup for scs.msg.yahoo.com
 (15:23:56) dnsquery: IP resolved for scs.msg.yahoo.com
 (15:23:56) proxy: Attempting connection to 66.163.181.166
 (15:23:56) proxy: Connecting to scs.msg.yahoo.com:5050 with no proxy
 (15:23:56) proxy: Connection in progress
 (15:23:57) proxy: Connecting to scs.msg.yahoo.com:5050.
 (15:23:57) proxy: Error connecting to scs.msg.yahoo.com:5050 (Connection
 refused.).
 (15:23:57) proxy: Connection attempt failed: Connection refused.
 (15:23:57) account: Disconnecting account 026F3928
 (15:23:57) connection: Disconnecting connection 04D330C0
 (15:23:57) connection: Destroying connection 04D330C0
 }}}


 ipconfig hasn't worked yet. Sometimes after 10-20 minutes, this resolves
 itself.

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