+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #507634 +++ A few days ago Yahoo changed their protocol, rendering pidgin unable to use it. pidgin-2.5.7 has been released a few days ago to fix the Yahoo protocol and a few other annoying bugs. Binaries of pidgin-2.5.7 were testing for a few days. It seems good. We should upgrade both RHEL-4 and RHEL-5 to this version.
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