[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 scurrilous):

 BTW, I notice that Yahoo Messenger contains the string
 "scs'''d'''.msg.yahoo.com", which yields a lot more open hosts (though
 still not the one it seems to use):

 {{{
 nslookup scsd.msg.yahoo.com | grep -i Address | grep -v \#53 | cut -d ' '
 -f 2 | xargs xargs nmap -sT -p 5050 -oG -
 # Nmap 4.62 scan initiated Wed Apr 22 13:33:14 2009 as: nmap -sT -p 5050
 -oG - 66.163.181.179 66.163.181.180 66.163.181.181 66.163.181.182
 66.163.181.183 66.163.181.184 66.163.181.185 66.163.181.186 66.163.181.187
 66.163.181.188 66.163.181.189 66.163.181.193
 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/closed/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: 66.163.181.184 (cs119.msg.mud.yahoo.com)  Ports:
 5050/open/tcp//mmcc///
 Host: 66.163.181.185 (cs120.msg.mud.yahoo.com)  Ports:
 5050/open/tcp//mmcc///
 Host: 66.163.181.186 (cs121.msg.mud.yahoo.com)  Ports:
 5050/open/tcp//mmcc///
 Host: 66.163.181.187 (cs122.msg.mud.yahoo.com)  Ports:
 5050/open/tcp//mmcc///
 Host: 66.163.181.188 (cs123.msg.mud.yahoo.com)  Ports:
 5050/open/tcp//mmcc///
 Host: 66.163.181.189 (cs124.msg.mud.yahoo.com)  Ports:
 5050/open/tcp//mmcc///
 Host: 66.163.181.193 (cs125.msg.mud.yahoo.com)  Ports:
 5050/open/tcp//mmcc///
 }}}

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