[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 nerddtvg):

 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 would not restrict this to just Windows. I had an issue with my Linux
 box at work and I fixed it by entering a permanent IP of a working server.
 However, my DNS server for that computer might be a corporate Windows
 server. I will have to verify that tomorrow when I get back as I don't
 remember if I changed it or not.

 But I would agree it could easily be OS dependent on how it pulls IPs from
 DNS. If Windows does not give a list of IPs via the system call, Pidgin
 would not have anything to fall back onto. This would require a DNS
 library be included in Pidgin and would be a bad hack in that the OS
 should provide this functionality already.

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/8853#comment:46>
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