Re: Ongoing support for Yahoo protocol?
Hi Eion, Thanks, the hangouts plugin worked. I had a bit of trouble with the auth, because the dialog from Pidgin took me to a page Google said I didn't have access to. But it did eventually work - I think I needed to be signed into my Google account in the browser first. Thanks again, Cheers, Adrian. At 08:57 AM 22/08/2016, Eion Robb wrote: Hi Adrian, If you want to use Hangouts over XMPP, you'll need to enable "less-secure apps" settings in your Google security settings, otherwise you can switch to the Hangouts plugin at <https://bitbucket.org/EionRobb/purple-hangouts>https://bitbucket.org/EionRobb/purple-hangouts which uses OAuth to login. Cheers, Eion On 22 August 2016 at 08:58, Adrian Ball <<mailto:adr...@perkinstechnologies.com.au>adr...@perkinstechnologies.com.au> wrote: Hi Shlomi, I did try using XMPP to connect to my Google account, but Pidgin tells me 'Authorization failed' and I get an email from Google telling me 'Someone just tried to sign in to your Google Account <mailto:adrian...@gmail.com>adrian...@gmail.com from an app that doesn't meet modern security standards.' Is there a trick to getting it to work? Or any advanced settings needed? I tried selecting both the 'XMPP' and 'Google Talk' options in the Pidgin account setup, but Google Talk appeared to revert to XMPP anyway, and neither would connect. I do have 'Require Encryption' set on the advanced tab, and did try changing that to SSL but then I got 'SSL connection failed'. Any ideas? Also, you recommend using XMPP as an alternative. But I assume that needs a server somewhere? Which one would you recommend? Maybe <http://jabber.org>jabber.org? Regards, Adrian. At 10:01 PM 20/08/2016, Shlomi Fish wrote: Hi Adrian, On Sat, 20 Aug 2016 10:16:59 +1000 Adrian Ball <<mailto:adr...@perkinstechnologies.com.au>adr...@perkinstechnologies.com.au> wrote: > Hi Eion, > Excellent! Thanks for that. It looks like the new > protocol is a bit short on functionality so far > though. No buddy list or buddy status will be > painful, the way I use Messenger. :-( Might have > to look for a new protocol to use. Even Google Talk is dead now too! Well, Google Talk/Google Chat was recently rebranded as "Google Hangouts" and I'm using Pidgin to speak using it without any major problems using Google's XMPP interface. Some other alternatives are: 1. XMPP - open source and standard and distributed. 2. Facebook - see <https://github.com/dequis/purple-facebook>https://github.com/dequis/purple-facebook . Works pretty well in Pidgin. Regards,     Shlomi Fish *--* | Adrian J. M. Ball.                    | | Perkins Technologies - TAE.               | | Brisbane, Australia.                   | | Phone : 61-7-3420-3449                  | | Fax  : 61-7-3343-4107                  | *--* *--* | Adrian J. M. Ball. | | Perkins Technologies - TAE. | | Brisbane, Australia. | | Phone : 61-7-3420-3449 | | Fax : 61-7-3343-4107 | *--* ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: https://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Ongoing support for Yahoo protocol?
Hi Shlomi, I did try using XMPP to connect to my Google account, but Pidgin tells me 'Authorization failed' and I get an email from Google telling me 'Someone just tried to sign in to your Google Account adrian...@gmail.com from an app that doesn't meet modern security standards.' Is there a trick to getting it to work? Or any advanced settings needed? I tried selecting both the 'XMPP' and 'Google Talk' options in the Pidgin account setup, but Google Talk appeared to revert to XMPP anyway, and neither would connect. I do have 'Require Encryption' set on the advanced tab, and did try changing that to SSL but then I got 'SSL connection failed'. Any ideas? Also, you recommend using XMPP as an alternative. But I assume that needs a server somewhere? Which one would you recommend? Maybe jabber.org? Regards, Adrian. At 10:01 PM 20/08/2016, Shlomi Fish wrote: Hi Adrian, On Sat, 20 Aug 2016 10:16:59 +1000 Adrian Ball <adr...@perkinstechnologies.com.au> wrote: > Hi Eion, > Excellent! Thanks for that. It looks like the new > protocol is a bit short on functionality so far > though. No buddy list or buddy status will be > painful, the way I use Messenger. :-( Might have > to look for a new protocol to use. Even Google Talk is dead now too! Well, Google Talk/Google Chat was recently rebranded as "Google Hangouts" and I'm using Pidgin to speak using it without any major problems using Google's XMPP interface. Some other alternatives are: 1. XMPP - open source and standard and distributed. 2. Facebook - see https://github.com/dequis/purple-facebook . Works pretty well in Pidgin. Regards, Shlomi Fish *--* | Adrian J. M. Ball. | | Perkins Technologies - TAE. | | Brisbane, Australia. | | Phone : 61-7-3420-3449 | | Fax : 61-7-3343-4107 | *--* ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: https://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Ongoing support for Yahoo protocol?
Hi Eion, Excellent! Thanks for that. It looks like the new protocol is a bit short on functionality so far though. No buddy list or buddy status will be painful, the way I use Messenger. :-( Might have to look for a new protocol to use. Even Google Talk is dead now too! Cheers, Adrian. At 08:49 AM 20/08/2016, Eion Robb wrote: Hi Adrian, I've been working on a new plugin for Yahoo at <https://github.com/EionRobb/funyahoo-plusplus#readme>https://github.com/EionRobb/funyahoo-plusplus#readme Cheers, Eion On 19 August 2016 at 22:17, Adrian Ball <<mailto:adr...@perkinstechnologies.com.au>adr...@perkinstechnologies.com.au> wrote: Hi, Yahoo has announced it is shutting down the current Messenger system in favour of a 'new and improved' system. <https://help.yahoo.com/kb/yahoo-messenger-for-web/SLN26860.html>https://help.yahoo.com/kb/yahoo-messenger-for-web/SLN26860.html The shutdown is supposedly going to be complete at the end of August 2016 (less than a couple of weeks away!). Will Pidgin continue to support Yahoo? I have no idea if the protocol itself will change, but I can tell you that messages sent from their new client don't appear in Pidgin. Regards, Adrian Ball. *--* | Adrian J. M. Ball.                    | | Perkins Technologies - TAE.               | | Brisbane, Australia.                   | | Phone : 61-7-3420-3449                  | | Fax  : 61-7-3343-4107                  | *--* ___ <mailto:Support@pidgin.im>Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: <https://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support>https://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support *--* | Adrian J. M. Ball. | | Perkins Technologies - TAE. | | Brisbane, Australia. | | Phone : 61-7-3420-3449 | | Fax : 61-7-3343-4107 | *--* ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: https://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Ongoing support for Yahoo protocol?
Hi, Yahoo has announced it is shutting down the current Messenger system in favour of a 'new and improved' system. https://help.yahoo.com/kb/yahoo-messenger-for-web/SLN26860.html The shutdown is supposedly going to be complete at the end of August 2016 (less than a couple of weeks away!). Will Pidgin continue to support Yahoo? I have no idea if the protocol itself will change, but I can tell you that messages sent from their new client don't appear in Pidgin. Regards, Adrian Ball. *--* | Adrian J. M. Ball. | | Perkins Technologies - TAE. | | Brisbane, Australia. | | Phone : 61-7-3420-3449 | | Fax : 61-7-3343-4107 | *--* ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: https://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
