[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 quamer):

 I have the same trouble connecting to yahoo... I'm using windows vista and
 pidgin version 2.5.6
 {{{
 (16:52:10) account: Connecting to account xxxxxxx
 (16:52:14) connection: Connecting. gc = 045FA028
 (16:52:14) util: Writing file
 C:\Users\xxxxxxx\AppData\Roaming\.purple\icons\d39ce39c5e4642b75e8da35fca34ff77ffddb2b1.png
 (16:52:14) yahoo: Calculated buddy icon checksum: 39759714(16:52:14)
 yahoo: buddy icon is up to date. Not reuploading.
 (16:52:14) dnsquery: Performing DNS lookup for scs.msg.yahoo.com
 (16:52:14) dnsquery: IP resolved for scs.msg.yahoo.com
 (16:52:14) proxy: Attempting connection to 68.180.217.10
 (16:52:14) proxy: Connecting to scs.msg.yahoo.com:5050 with no proxy
 (16:52:14) proxy: Connection in progress
 (16:52:15) proxy: Connecting to scs.msg.yahoo.com:5050.
 (16:52:15) util: Writing file accounts.xml to directory
 C:\Users\xxxxxxx\AppData\Roaming\.purple
 (16:52:15) util: Writing file
 C:\Users\xxxxxxx\AppData\Roaming\.purple\accounts.xml
 (16:52:15) yahoo: 94 bytes to read, rxlen is 114
 (16:52:15) yahoo: Yahoo Service: 0x57 Status: 1
 (16:52:15) yahoo: yahoo status: 0
 }}}

 I read in yahoo messenger blog that old version of yahoo will be out soon,
 may be pidgin use a old protocol version... I don't know.

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/8853#comment:56>
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