[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 richalger):

 Replying to [comment:40 tirkster]:
 > One thing to note, as people talk about this issue, I am not sure it is
 a problem with pidgin per se, as I have none of these issues in the LINUX
 version, only in the windows version.  So it has something to do with
 windows and pidgin.

 I am on windows too.  Here is my debug window output with user names
 replaced

 {{{
 (09:11:08) account: Connecting to account <yahooId>
 (09:11:08) connection: Connecting. gc = 01A45138
 (09:11:08) dnsquery: Performing DNS lookup for scs.msg.yahoo.com
 (09:11:08) dnsquery: IP resolved for scs.msg.yahoo.com
 (09:11:08) proxy: Attempting connection to 66.163.181.172
 (09:11:08) proxy: Connecting to scs.msg.yahoo.com:5050 with no proxy
 (09:11:08) proxy: Connection in progress
 (09:11:10) util: Writing file prefs.xml to directory C:\Documents and
 Settings\<windowsUsername>\Application Data\.purple
 (09:11:10) util: Writing file C:\Documents and
 Settings\<windowsUsername>\Application Data\.purple\prefs.xml
 (09:11:10) proxy: Connecting to scs.msg.yahoo.com:5050.
 (09:11:10) proxy: Error connecting to scs.msg.yahoo.com:5050 (Connection
 refused.).
 (09:11:10) proxy: Connection attempt failed: Connection refused.
 (09:11:10) account: Disconnecting account 00C83840
 (09:11:10) connection: Disconnecting connection 01A45138
 (09:11:10) connection: Destroying connection 01A45138
 (09:11:13) util: Writing file accounts.xml to directory C:\Documents and
 Settings\<windowsUsername>\Application Data\.purple
 (09:11:13) util: Writing file C:\Documents and
 Settings\<windowsUsername>\Application Data\.purple\accounts.xml
 (09:11:16) prefs: /pidgin/debug/width changed, scheduling save.
 (09:11:16) prefs: /pidgin/debug/height changed, scheduling save.
 (09:11:21) util: Writing file prefs.xml to directory C:\Documents and
 Settings\<windowsUsername>\Application Data\.purple
 (09:11:21) util: Writing file C:\Documents and
 Settings\<windowsUsername>\Application Data\.purple\prefs.xml
 }}}

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/8853#comment:41>
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