Comment 9 for bug 389322

OK...this solution seems to work.
Is a permanent or temporary fix?
thank you.

--- On Fri, 6/19/09, ipmawan <email address hidden> wrote:

From: ipmawan <email address hidden>
Subject: [Bug 389322] Re: Pidgin 2.5.5 will not connect to Yahoo! server.
To: <email address hidden>
Date: Friday, June 19, 2009, 12:48 PM

Below solution works for me.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1191064&page=5 post#47
maybe this thread will be helpful.

http://forum.ubuntu-vn.org/viewtopic...t=1630&start=0

I've done those steps:

1. Open file /etc/hosts with gedit:
sudo gedit /etc/hosts
2. Add the following line to the end of hosts:
66.163.181.184 scs.msg.yahoo.com
3. Save and Close
4. Restart Pidgin
OK
Last edited by attlinux; 9 Hours Ago at 03:22 AM..

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