[Pidgin] #9907: endless connection process for Yahoo in 2.5.8

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#9907: endless connection process for Yahoo in 2.5.8
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 Reporter:  nickd05  |        Owner:  sulabh.dev
     Type:  defect   |       Status:  closed    
Milestone:           |    Component:  Yahoo!    
  Version:  2.5.8    |   Resolution:  fixed     
 Keywords:           |  
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Comment(by darkrain42):

 Replying to [comment:7 nickd05]:
 > I believe a long time ago there were a couple plugins that I had to
 install to the .purple folder to get them to run correctly for some
 reason..
 >
 > Anyway, when I moved my data to a new computer, I just copied my .purple
 folder from my old hard drive to my new one to hang onto my logs,
 preferences, plugins and whatnot. Though nowadays I don't really make use
 of any plugins outside of what ships with pidgin, so I guess I don't
 really need to stash my plugins there anymore.
 >
 > But yeah, I try to run the latest versions of Pidgin.

 I would urge you to not do that with any of the built-in plugins, as it
 leads to problems exactly like this. :)

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