Log in error when connecting to Yahoo

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Miranda Version                  : 0.8.27 (Built Jul  1 2010 16:24:38)
Unicode Build                    : ?? (no info provided; using English) 
Test Build # (if applicable)     : N/A
Plugin Version # (if applicable) : N/A (Only crash plugin added)

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. In the Status line, click on MyYahoo icon and from the context menu, select 
the "Go online" option.

What is the expected result?
Miranda should log in the Yahoo server.

What happens instead?
Windows pops up a balloon from system tray with the following message: "Yahoo 
Login error: Could not connect to Yahoo service. Check your server/port and 
proxy settings."

Please attach or post your VersionInfo.
( See http://wiki.miranda-im.org/Version_information )
Not sure what to report in this section: I have installed the plugin, but then 
Miranda does not crash. Using Windows 7.

Additional notes:
1. My PC is on a office LAN; located behind a firewall (Squid).
   There is no proxy.
2. I can browse Yahoo Groups from the same PC using FireFox. 
   In fact, I am permanently logged in the Yahoo Group.
   (Would that allow Miranda to access Yahoo servers directly??)
3. Miranda shows the following default setting for Yahoo login server:
   mcs.msg.yahoo.com:5050
   This address could be wrong. 
   But pressing the "Reset" button does not give me a new IP+port.
4. I created three accounts in Miranda: Yahoo, gmail and hotmail. 
   Only the Yahoo account is problematic (others work fine). 
5. The wiki page for Yahoo protocol does not provide detailed steps.
   (wiki pages for Google Talk and MSN are more detailed.)
6. Miranda is allowed to communicate through my firewall.
   The "Private network" checkbox is selected.
   The "public network" checkbox is DEselected. 

Other Resources:
Attach a Network Log:  http://wiki.miranda-im.org/Network_log
Attach a Crash Report: http://wiki.miranda-im.org/Crash_report

Original issue reported on code.google.com by narayana...@gmail.com on 13 Jul 2010 at 8:40

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It would be good if you could test this with Miranda 0.9 which is likely to be 
the next stable release and please attach a network log of failed attempt to 
connect.

Original comment by sami%mir...@gtempaccount.com on 13 Jul 2010 at 8:48

• Changed state: Assigned
• Added labels: Component-Protocol-Yahoo

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I will try as soon as 0.9 is available (Is a beta is available for such 
purposes?)

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It appears that the Yahoo problem is not limited to Miranda alone: even Pidgin 
also has the exact same problem.

I am sorry I could not find the default Yahoo settings in Pidgin; so I cannot 
reproduce them here for comparison with Miranda.

As mentioned in the original bug report, I am able to go directly to my Yahoo 
Groups and Yahoo mail from the same PC (I do not have to enter the 
username+password, as I have selected the "keep me logged in for a fortnight" 
facility offered by the Yahoo site.).

Does this provide any clue? For example, does the Yahoo website prevent the IM 
clients from logging in because I am already logged in using Firefox?

(I have this doubt because I have seen a similar behavior in Hotmail: If you 
log in Hotmail from another PC, then the first session at the first PC is 
terminated immediately. But I keep logged in Yahoo from two different PCs at 
the same time. So I know Yahoo is a little different; but I don't know for sure 
how it behaves when FF and IM clients log in together.)

Original comment by narayana...@gmail.com on 13 Jul 2010 at 10:39

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Yahoo login error - Miranda is blocked by the firewall. Unblock it.

And now your problem:

> 1. My PC is on a office LAN; located behind a firewall (Squid).
>   There is no proxy.

Squid - is the http proxy not a firewall.... Most likely you need to configure 
Miranda to go through it.

Closing this report as not a Miranda problem but user mistake.

Original comment by borkra on 13 Jul 2010 at 12:52

• Changed state: Invalid

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Sorry my earlier feedback had an error: There is no Squid. We do have a 
proprietary firewall (FortiGate), which is set to allow all IM messages (ICQ, 
MSN, Yahoo, etc.). 

 I just installed Yahoo IM, and it worked "out of the box" without asking for any optional settings whatsoever. I checked the preferences of YIM, and it actually says "no proxy".

I do not think setting is a problem.

Now since this was a web-installer, it might have sensed my IP and set the 
login server automatically. It might have also set some other options 
specifically for the Yahoo network. Miranda should mimic those settings.

Original comment by narayana...@gmail.com on 14 Jul 2010 at 7:22

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Ok, we do not have a problem connecting you do. So if you insist YIM (not a web 
messenger, stand alone application) connects then get a Wireshark and record 
how.

Original comment by borkra on 14 Jul 2010 at 12:09

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I actually have the same problem and I am in a office lan however the yahoo 
protocol did work at one point until a miranda upgrade and now it is broken. 
Yahoo messenger standalone works fine. This must be a protocol change or 
something.

Original comment by DeiSRobi...@gmail.com on 27 Aug 2010 at 1:47

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Please provide Network log.

Original comment by borkra on 28 Aug 2010 at 5:25

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http://forums.miranda-im.org/showthread.php?20873-Windows-7-7022-and-Miranda-no-
connection-at-any-protocol/page4 

seems like a similar issue???
I can't log on to "MSN" when at school but can when I'm at home. (Public 
firewall is unblocked but Miranda still finds a blockage)

loves

Original comment by dreamber...@gmail.com on 2 Feb 2013 at 1:40