On 11/5/08, T L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello. > > Over the past 2 months I've been unable to connect to my chat accounts on > Yahoo, AIM and MSN. All three have different errors and symptoms. My > GoogleChat accounts function fine in Pidgin (v2.5.2) on Windows XP. > > Here is a brief review of what I am seeing: > > Upon starting Pidgin, GoogleChat logs in no problem, but all three other > accounts instantly fail to connect. The errors specified in the bottom > notification area are: > > <yahoo account>: user disconnected > Lost connection with server: > Remote host closed connection > > <aol account>: user disconnected > Lost connection with server: > Remote host closed connection > > <msn account>: user disconnected > Connection error from Notification server: > Writing error > > Pidgin will continue throughout the day to attempt to reconnect to these > accounts, and on occasion it succeeds in connecting to my yahoo chat account. > However, as soon as I enter a message and send it, it disconnected with the > same error as specified above and the message never gets sent. > > There have been no changes in my firewall, and I am pulling my hair out > trying to figure out what the issue is. > > Can anyone help? I would be happy to provide any additional information if > it will help. > > Thank you. > > - Tobias
Typically the "Remote host closed connection" messages are symptoms of a malfunctioning software firewall. Most software firewalls for Windows are incapable of fully allowing a program/port/service unhindered access. Try upgrading your firewall, and see if the information in the wiki [1] helps out any. Of course, if you're not using a firewall, or are absolutely certain it's not to blame, please get a debug log [2] of one of those accounts connecting, and create a new ticket [3] with the debug report attached. [1]: http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/Using%20Pidgin#windowsfirewall [2]: http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/TipsForBugReports#ObtainingaDebugLog [3]: http://developer.pidgin.im/newticket -Lee _______________________________________________ Support mailing list Support@pidgin.im http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
