Yahoo kills Yahoo Messenger 6-7.5 and Pidgin fails
June 19th, 2009 Leave a comment Visited 737 times, 5 so far today
Yahoo kills Yahoo Messenger 6-7.5 and Pidgin fails
If you are user of the popular open source Pidgin instant messenger, you would have noticed that you are currently unable to connect to Yahoo servers.
Yahoo has killed their older versions primarily the ones between Yahoo Messenger 6-7.5.
This has probably broken down some functionality in Pidgin IM client as well and a couple of users are no longer able to connect.
We searched for a solution and found one:
Adding this line in your host file seems to work for us
66.163.181.170 scs.msg.yahoo.com
We are now waiting for Pidgin developers to release a quick update to fix the problem for all of their users.
Update: Pidgin developers have released a new update with a fix. Pidgin 2.5.7 fixes Yahoo Messenger connectivity problems
If you had modified your host file, you might want to revert the changes!
Checkout: We’re retiring versions 6.0 to 7.5
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June 19th, 2009 at 10:01 pm
Wondered why my pidgin wasn’t connecting and this article came up. I fixed the issue by going into advanced for the connection and changing the hostname to the ip address in there
June 19th, 2009 at 10:21 pm
Using Pidgin 2.5.6 on Vista and XP. Yahoo accounts suddenly would not connect on June 18 and 19. The host file change listed above solved the problem immediately. Many thanks!
June 19th, 2009 at 11:39 pm
This fix worked for me. THANKS!
June 20th, 2009 at 12:00 am
this works if you use a socks proxy too … just put it in /etc/hosts on the remote end of the tunnel
June 20th, 2009 at 12:53 am
Thanks for the tip! It worked for me when adding that line to the host file.
June 20th, 2009 at 02:41 am
This causes Adium to fail as well, but the simple solution is to change your account config so that the server is teh IP address
June 20th, 2009 at 03:46 am
Thanks, I wondered why mine died. I modified my Yahoo settings directly in Pidgin and put in that IP as the pager server, and it worked for me. :D
June 20th, 2009 at 04:27 am
Thank you! I’ve been looking for answers to this problem for a while now. Didn’t know where to turn until I seen this pop up on Google. :)
June 20th, 2009 at 05:06 am
Please refer to the link below: http://www.celticwolf.com/useful-information/faqs/26-pidgin-yahoo
Pidgin and Yahoo
As of June 17, 2009, Pidgin users are having trouble connecting to Yahoo! IM accounts. Here is a summary of the problem:
Yahoo! appears to be upgrading their servers to a new version of their software. This new version requires a new authentication method. The latest version of Pidgin, 2.5.6, does not support this new authentication method. The next version, 2.6.0, will, but it has not yet been released.
The domain name that is used to connect to Yahoo! servers is “scs.msg.yahoo.com”. This domain name is actually mapped to multiple servers. Some of these servers have been upgraded, while others haven’t. As a result, you may see intermittent failures, or you may fail every time, while your neighbor logs in successfully. It’s effectively a roll of the dice.
The following addresses appear to work:
* cs101.msg.mud.yahoo.com
* 66.163.181.172
Update, 6/19/2009 16:20 UTC: I’ve gotten a report that scsc.msg.yahoo.com (note that’s “scsc.”, not “scs.”) is working, at least intermittently.
These are the IP addresses to which scs.msg.yahoo.com maps. You can try one of them directly, but recent reports (on 6/19/2009) are that few, if any, are working. Note also that there is no guarantee that the server at an address that works now will not be upgraded next.
* 76.13.15.36
* 76.13.15.37
* 68.180.217.6
* 68.180.217.7
* 68.180.217.8
* 68.180.217.9
* 68.180.217.10
* 68.180.217.11
* 68.180.217.12
* 68.180.217.13
* 68.180.217.14
* 76.13.15.29
* 76.13.15.30
* 76.13.15.31
* 76.13.15.32
* 76.13.15.33
* 76.13.15.34
* 76.13.15.35
You can verify this list yourself by running one of the following commands:
Windows: nslookup scs.msg.yahoo.com
Linux/Unix/OS X: dig +short scs.msg.yahoo.com
To use one of the addresses above, you can either modify the setting in Pidgin (Accounts -> Manage Accounts -> Modify -> Advanced -> Pager Server) or you can modify the hosts file:
Windows: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts (see wikipedia and here for more information)
Linux/Unix/OS X: /etc/hosts (see here for more information)
June 20th, 2009 at 08:27 am
66.163.181.170 adding into pidgin replacing scs.yahoo.com will work too. Tested and working on windows xp.
June 20th, 2009 at 08:57 am
Thanks for the info– I’ve been using Yahoo’s webmessenger for the last two days, which, ugh.
James’s fix above worked perfectly for me, at least for right now.
June 20th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
Added “66.163.181.170 scs.msg.yahoo.com” to my hosts file, and then disabled “Autodetect IP address,” setting 66.163.181.170 as Public IP. Works like a charm!
June 21st, 2009 at 12:03 pm
changing to 66.163.181.167 page server working for me.
ubuntu 9.04 pidgin 2.5.6.
June 21st, 2009 at 12:24 pm
This problem is fixed in Pidgin 2.5.7
June 22nd, 2009 at 11:15 pm
Thanks ppl. now i’m login with 66.163.181.170…
June 24th, 2009 at 08:49 am
Just head on to http://pidgin.im and download the latest version to get this fixed.
No longer have to mess around with the hosts file.
June 26th, 2009 at 02:16 am
66.163.181.170 and other addresses (most of them that I’ve tried out) in the previously mentioned list do not work anymore.
Any idea how to fix this at least temporarily until the new Pidgin becomes available?
July 31st, 2009 at 12:07 am
I cannot connect with Y! messenger.
I still get the error “myuserofY!@yahoo.com has disconnected. Server has closed the session”
I’m running (libpurple 2.5.8) and I change the things you said but nothing works for me.
I’m the only one or Y! has made it again.
Greetz & thanx in advance
October 25th, 2009 at 12:19 am
I still use Pidgin as my favorite messanger till now for years.. ^_^