[Pidgin] #8983: v 2.5.5 can no longer log into Yahoo! account

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#8983: v 2.5.5 can  no longer log into Yahoo! account
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 Reporter:  tcreek       |        Owner:  marv   
     Type:  defect       |       Status:  pending
Milestone:               |    Component:  Yahoo! 
  Version:  2.5.5        |   Resolution:         
 Keywords:  yahoo login  |  
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Comment(by lbeazley):

 I have a similar problem which started yesterday afternoon

 The debug log during a connection attempt looks as follows, where xxxxyyyy
 is my email address:

 (13:42:33) account: Connecting to account xxxxyyyy at yahoo.com
 (13:42:33) connection: Connecting. gc = 02AAEEC0
 (13:42:33) dnsquery: Performing DNS lookup for scs.msg.yahoo.com
 (13:42:33) dnsquery: IP resolved for scs.msg.yahoo.com
 (13:42:33) proxy: Attempting connection to 66.163.181.179
 (13:42:33) proxy: Connecting to scs.msg.yahoo.com:5050 with no proxy
 (13:42:33) proxy: Connection in progress
 (13:42:33) proxy: Connecting to scs.msg.yahoo.com:5050.
 (13:42:33) yahoo: 107 bytes to read, rxlen is 127
 (13:42:33) yahoo: Yahoo Service: 0x57 Status: 1
 (13:42:33) yahoo: yahoo status: 0
 (13:42:33) yahoo: 63 bytes to read, rxlen is 83
 (13:42:33) yahoo: Yahoo Service: 0x54 Status: -1
 (13:42:33) account: Disconnecting account 02B30BE8
 (13:42:33) connection: Disconnecting connection 02AAEEC0
 (13:42:33) connection: Destroying connection 02AAEEC0

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