[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):

 Replying to [comment:44 tirkster]:
 > It must be tied to the OS to some degree, perhaps as you say in the
 caching methods, because this only happens for me with the Windows, none
 of my LINUX machines have the issue, but every Windows machine I use I
 must do the ipconfing /flushdns.  So it's OS related in a way, in that
 either the OS has a bug in how it deals with the dns cache, or pidgin is
 using the dns cache incorrectly.

 I am in a corporate environment with an AD domain and multiple DNS
 servers. Some of my servers are reporting 12 hosts for "scs" and some are
 reporting 18. I suspect the 12 results I have are mostly dead hosts.

 It looks like the DNS server is a confounding issue here.

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/8853#comment:45>
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