Is it just me?

[mdlbear]

... or has anyone else been having trouble connecting to Yahoo Messenger in the last couple of days?

I've checked, and I can still log in on yahoo.com and flikr.com; my password hasn't changed. I'm using pidgin, for what it's worth; Adium on the mac seems to have the same problem.

ETA: it's mysterious, but yahoo has a fix posted

replacing scs.msg.yahoo.com as the server in the Pidgin accounts setup with the IP address of a Yahoo server, say, 66.163.181.189, fixes it. You can choose any of the yahoo servers below:

66.163.181.179 - 66.163.181.180 - 66.163.181.181 - 66.163.181.182 - 66.163.181.183 - 66.163.181.166 - 66.163.181.167 - 66.163.181.168 - 66.163.181.169 .......... etc. ...170....171....172...

Then simply disable your Yahoo account after doing the replacement, and then re-enable it and it will work.

Comments

[filkerdave.livejournal.com]

Back whrn I still used it, I recall that happening, usually in conjunction with changes in the native client. You may just need to upgrade

[mithriltabby]

Been working fine for me. (We’re expected to be logged in all day at work...)

[mdlbear]

Has there been a recent protocol change? The web client works, pidgin and adium don't.

[mithriltabby]

I’m on pidgin 2.5.5-1 and haven’t had any problems.

[mdlbear]

apparently it only affects 2.4.x and earlier.

[braider.livejournal.com]

I haven't been having any trouble. On the other hand, I also don't use Messenger.

[ciarhwyfar.livejournal.com]

I am on Meebo but not on Trillian.

[animekid.livejournal.com]

Hrmm....as of 23:34 PDT...
Trillian working for me. (Astra v4.0.110)

[animekid.livejournal.com]

Not that I have noticed...
I'm on Trillian Astra v4.0 Build 110...

[mbumby.livejournal.com]

The Pidgin/Yahoo link has been annoying recently. It broke, I changed it to something different (found on the web), and it worked for a day or so and broke again. When I sign into yahoo mail now, though, I get a native chat, so I currently only have LJ and AIM folks going to Pidgin.