[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 dg):

 Only 8 of 18 hosts configured as scs.msg.yahoo.com are answering right
 now:

 Flushing did not work for me (~4 times). Adding one of the working hosts
 to scs.msg.yahoo.com in c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts.

 {{{

 # nslookup scs.msg.yahoo.com
 Server:         4.2.2.1
 Address:        4.2.2.1#53

 Non-authoritative answer:
 Name:   scs.msg.yahoo.com
 Address: 66.163.181.169
 Name:   scs.msg.yahoo.com
 Address: 66.163.181.170
 Name:   scs.msg.yahoo.com
 Address: 66.163.181.171
 Name:   scs.msg.yahoo.com
 Address: 66.163.181.172
 Name:   scs.msg.yahoo.com
 Address: 66.163.181.173
 Name:   scs.msg.yahoo.com
 Address: 66.163.181.174
 Name:   scs.msg.yahoo.com
 Address: 66.163.181.175
 Name:   scs.msg.yahoo.com
 Address: 66.163.181.176
 Name:   scs.msg.yahoo.com
 Address: 66.163.181.177
 Name:   scs.msg.yahoo.com
 Address: 66.163.181.166
 Name:   scs.msg.yahoo.com
 Address: 66.163.181.167
 Name:   scs.msg.yahoo.com
 Address: 66.163.181.168



 # nslookup scs.msg.yahoo.com |
              grep -i Address |
              grep -v 4.2.2.1 |
              while read a b; do
                  echo $b; done |
     xargs nmap -sT -p 5050 -oG -

 # nmap 3.70 scan initiated Tue Apr 21 10:02:09 2009 as: nmap -sT -p 5050
 -oG - 66.163.181.168 66.163.181.169 66.163.181.170 66.163.181.171
 66.163.181.172 66.163.181.173 66.163.181.174 66.163.181.175 66.163.181.176
 66.163.181.177 66.163.181.178 66.163.181.179 66.163.181.180 66.163.181.181
 66.163.181.182 66.163.181.183 66.163.181.166 66.163.181.167

 Host: 66.163.181.168 (cs103.msg.mud.yahoo.com)  Ports:
 5050/closed/tcp//mmcc///
 Host: 66.163.181.169 (cs104.msg.mud.yahoo.com)  Ports:
 5050/closed/tcp//mmcc///
 Host: 66.163.181.170 (cs105.msg.mud.yahoo.com)  Ports:
 5050/closed/tcp//mmcc///
 Host: 66.163.181.171 (cs106.msg.mud.yahoo.com)  Ports:
 5050/closed/tcp//mmcc///
 Host: 66.163.181.172 (cs107.msg.mud.yahoo.com)  Ports:
 5050/closed/tcp//mmcc///
 Host: 66.163.181.173 (cs108.msg.mud.yahoo.com)  Ports:
 5050/closed/tcp//mmcc///
 Host: 66.163.181.174 (cs109.msg.mud.yahoo.com)  Ports:
 5050/closed/tcp//mmcc///
 Host: 66.163.181.175 (cs110.msg.mud.yahoo.com)  Ports:
 5050/closed/tcp//mmcc///
 Host: 66.163.181.176 (cs111.msg.mud.yahoo.com)  Ports:
 5050/open/tcp//mmcc///
 Host: 66.163.181.177 (cs112.msg.mud.yahoo.com)  Ports:
 5050/open/tcp//mmcc///
 Host: 66.163.181.178 (cs113.msg.mud.yahoo.com)  Ports:
 5050/open/tcp//mmcc///
 Host: 66.163.181.179 (cs114.msg.mud.yahoo.com)  Ports:
 5050/open/tcp//mmcc///
 Host: 66.163.181.180 (cs115.msg.mud.yahoo.com)  Ports:
 5050/open/tcp//mmcc///
 Host: 66.163.181.181 (cs116.msg.mud.yahoo.com)  Ports:
 5050/open/tcp//mmcc///
 Host: 66.163.181.182 (cs117.msg.mud.yahoo.com)  Ports:
 5050/open/tcp//mmcc///
 Host: 66.163.181.183 (cs118.msg.mud.yahoo.com)  Ports:
 5050/open/tcp//mmcc///
 Host: 66.163.181.166 (cs101.msg.mud.yahoo.com)  Ports:
 5050/closed/tcp//mmcc///
 Host: 66.163.181.167 (cs102.msg.mud.yahoo.com)  Ports:
 5050/closed/tcp//mmcc///

 }}}

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