[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 Coyote):

 No doubt Yahoo has some dead hosts in their round-robin DNS, but I've had
 it consistently fail to connect after a reboot on two different machines.

 Also consider your network's router/gateway might be caching lookups. I'll
 flush mine out and see if it connects.

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/8853#comment:31>
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