[Pidgin] #9581: Active yahoo buddies show up as inactive

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#9581: Active yahoo buddies show up as inactive
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 Reporter:  ck      |        Owner:  sulabh.dev
     Type:  defect  |       Status:  pending   
Milestone:          |    Component:  Yahoo!    
  Version:  2.5.8   |   Resolution:            
 Keywords:          |  
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Comment(by cwtpid):

 My buddy uses Trillian.  I did the following and concluded this problem
 was related to Trillian and/or the Yahoo server upgrade:

 1) installed the native yahoo messenger (9.0.0.2162) and he '''did not
 show active''' (the yahoo client already recognized him as a buddy -
 buddies must be stored on the server under my account)[[BR]]
 2) used my old Trillian client and he '''did show active'''[[BR]]
 3) used yahoo messenger to remove the buddy (he still showed inactive) -
 removed from everything: buddy list and address book - and readded.
 Received a "server error" message during the readd.  Repeated this process
 a few times and received the same "error"[[BR]]
 4) a few days later, repeated step 3 (with yahoo messenger client) and was
 successful (no server error message), but then had a "pending user
 approval" next to the buddy, but he still showed as inactive.  My friend
 said he did not see any "approval requests". ...???  However, keep in
 mind, he uses Trillian.  Unfortunately, he was strapped for time and could
 not download the yahoo native client.[[BR]]
 5) I repeated deleting/adding his account with the yahoo client, but I
 only got "pending approval" and he did not see any approval requests.  I
 left it as is and decided to deal with it later.[[BR]]

 A few days later, my friend was shutting down his machine, a "yahoo
 approval" request popped up.  He said it was strange how it popped up
 during the shutdown process.  He did not see any prior "approval
 requests".  I think this was really a problem related to Trillian and the
 Yahoo server upgrades.  My friend does use yahoo with a few other people,
 but they all use the Trillian client.

 My apologies for not posting the results once the problem "fixed itself".

 I don't think this was a Pidgin issue.  Thanks for your assistance - all
 is well now.

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