Solving Pidgin cannot connect to Yahoo Messenger (YM)
by jimmy on Jun.19, 2009, under English, Linux
Starting June 18 I started having problem connecting to YM with Pidgin.
Somehow it’s random I can connect or not.
I google and several article/forum writing that need to flush dns cache and also about several YM server cannot be accessed from Pidgin.
I try my friend advice to change YM server configuration to IP rather than domain name.
And it’s worked..
You will need to use cn.scs.msg.yahoo.com as Pager server since June 24, or you can update to pidgin 2.5.7 to solve this problem
The steps: 1. Select menu Accounts – Manage Accounts
2. Select your Yahoo Messenger account & click ‘modify’
3. Select advanced tab
4. Change your pager server to : cn.scs.msg.yahoo.com
5. Then disabled & enabled your account. Or restart the pidgin.
And your Pidgin should able connect to YM
*Update*
List IPs can be used (thanks to Med):
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
Starting June 24 using IP doesn’t seems to work anymore, try to use : cn.scs.msg.yahoo.com
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June 20th, 2009 on 2:59 am
Big thanks to you
it solve my problem.. thanks again
June 20th, 2009 on 3:56 am
took me 2 days . . . thanks
June 20th, 2009 on 5:10 am
thanks so much, your advice is really helpful
June 20th, 2009 on 5:52 am
It resolved the problem. Thanks Jimmy!
‘Pager configuration’ is misleading. It should be ‘Pager server’.
Sarbjit
June 20th, 2009 on 5:57 am
that worked, thanks.
June 20th, 2009 on 6:25 am
Here is a list of Yahoo server IPs;
Yahoo servers:
Name: scs.msg.yahoo.com
Adresses: 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…
June 20th, 2009 on 9:31 am
Thanks jim!
These two days i wondering why pidgin cannot connect to Y!M while to other protocol it can
Great info!
June 20th, 2009 on 2:21 pm
Thanks, helped me alot.
June 20th, 2009 on 6:12 pm
Thank you so much… XD
I have been wondering why I can’t use my pidgin to ym since 2 days ago.. while my friend who uses ym application from yahoo doesn’t seem to have any problem..
June 21st, 2009 on 1:15 am
thanks man, it’s solved my problem.
June 21st, 2009 on 7:15 am
big thanks jimmy, it solved my pidgin and kopete problems…
June 21st, 2009 on 7:35 am
Thanks to you. My problem’s solved..!
June 21st, 2009 on 3:04 pm
Great! Works for me
June 21st, 2009 on 5:43 pm
thank alot bro
now my pidgin can online
regards
June 22nd, 2009 on 3:53 am
Wow… thank you so much! This also solved my Kopete problem.
June 22nd, 2009 on 5:50 am
big thanx………….
thank you……….
June 22nd, 2009 on 11:24 am
Thanks very much for the information. I’d noticed I couldn’t get into YM the last few days but assumed it was something local.. the change you outline above solved it.
Cheers!!!
June 23rd, 2009 on 6:13 am
Okay thakns,,, Now i can online useing pidgin.
Thank you!
June 23rd, 2009 on 7:35 am
Great workaround! Thanks a million.
June 23rd, 2009 on 9:45 am
This is fantastic, thanks for posting this!
June 24th, 2009 on 2:45 am
This solution helped me a great deal, it got Pidgin back up and running for me. I noticed today though that several of the manually entered server addresses were not working for me. I set the settings back to the pidgin default and everything seems fine again. Just figured I would post it in case anyone found Yahoo not loading again after fixing it.
June 24th, 2009 on 3:08 am
Yesterday this information solved my problem. But today I can’t conect to Yahoo again. I have try most if the IP address mention above but always get the same error “Could not establish a connection with the server. Conection refused.” What the problem now ?
June 24th, 2009 on 3:26 am
@Adrie: try to use cn.scs.msg.yahoo.com (those IP doesn’t seems to work anymore since Yahoo change their protocol(?))
Or you can try to update your pidgin to version 2.5.7
June 24th, 2009 on 3:58 am
Hi.. Thanks for your info.. I have the same problem like any other Pidgin’s users.. and in my blog I also add a link to this article..
June 24th, 2009 on 5:10 am
Thank you so much jimmy.
It works, I can login to the messenger again.
Why did Yahoo never give any information about this ? Or did I missed something ?
Unfortunately I still used Fedora 10 and the new version of pidgin still not available on their repository. But without upgrading my pidgin still ok, just changing the server name.
June 24th, 2009 on 6:20 am
Thanks bro, it was really bothering me
June 24th, 2009 on 6:48 am
I had the same problem,for the past one week we had just add 66.163.181.170 scs.msg.yahoo.com to /etc/hosts it was working.Again from today the same issue stated, As per the above mention suggestion, i tried out, it works great.,
June 24th, 2009 on 7:40 am
I had to change the server setting back to Pidgin default today after having the numerical IP setting work for a couple of days…not sure why but it’s fixed (again!)!
June 24th, 2009 on 8:35 am
jim, i think that the correct page server is not cn.scs.msg.yahoo.comng
but it’s cn.scs.msg.yahoo.com
i try this one and it works
anyway, thanks for updating your article
June 24th, 2009 on 9:32 am
Thanks for the information. I was wondering why I haven’t been able to connect to Yahoo through Pidgin these last few days. I’m glad I was able to stumble upon your post. Cheers! =)
June 24th, 2009 on 12:08 pm
A BIG, BIG THANK YOU! This one was really bothering me. Cheers.
June 24th, 2009 on 3:00 pm
Thanx. That seems to have done it, but changing it before to a direct IP did as well. Is this a Pidgin bug, or is Yahoo constantly changing their server?
June 24th, 2009 on 3:56 pm
@All: you’re welcome. Good to know my article help you guys.
@delufix: thanks for pointing out my misstyped
@cbstxbill : If I’m not mistaken, Yahoo changing their protocol (protocol 16?). So somehow it’s affecting pidgin.. but pidgin version 2.5.7 state that they already fix this ym problem.
June 24th, 2009 on 5:36 pm
Thank you boss…
June 25th, 2009 on 4:09 pm
thanks pal a really helpful piece of info….take care..
June 26th, 2009 on 10:16 am
hiiiiiiii thanks it solved my prob;em
June 26th, 2009 on 1:42 pm
Kmaren lalu pake ip ad. dan hari ini, ternyata ngga bisa konek.
Setelah Pager server diganti lagi dengan:
cn.scs.msg.yahoo.com
Langsung konekting lagi.
Thanx berat, infonya bung!
June 27th, 2009 on 8:48 pm
using pidgin 2.5.7 seems working on yahoo server but it can receive any files from others. intstead, using 2.5.5 version with cn.scs.msg.yahoo.com make user can’t join to any room…plz help..
June 28th, 2009 on 8:07 am
using scsa only work on 2.5.7 version but 2.5.7 weakness is it cant receive any file..using cn.scs.msg.yahoo.com seems to be work in 2.5.5 but the problems comes when i try to get into the room list..i cant join any room in chatroom…i tried all the server from suggestion but still not working properly…plz help…
June 28th, 2009 on 4:35 pm
thanx dude, thumbs up
June 28th, 2009 on 6:57 pm
thanks bro, it’s work
June 29th, 2009 on 3:03 am
it worked. thanks.
but there is still problem.
no avatar/pic appears in any of my friends
in the list. also, i cannot recieve file anymore.
June 29th, 2009 on 4:37 pm
Thanks a lot. I was trying to get into yahoo through kubuntu and i was stuck at the server settings.
Thanks.
July 1st, 2009 on 3:38 am
Thanks, you made my day!
July 1st, 2009 on 11:21 am
Thanks a lot bro….
July 5th, 2009 on 2:07 pm
thanks a lot buddy! ^__^
July 11th, 2009 on 5:07 am
thanks, problem solved
July 15th, 2009 on 6:39 pm
hello,
Thank you very much for helping……
Now thw yahoo messenger is working fine but i cannot enter into any rooms. It showing the room list but when we select a room and click the join button it did not showing anything..please help……
I am waiting for your reply..
July 21st, 2009 on 7:15 am
July 21st, nothing seems to work…
July 21st, 2009 on 3:59 pm
Thanks! it worked.