Re: Unable to connect to Google Talk

2013-04-01 Thread Rich Donnellan
Thanks for the help. I am connecting though my office network and my coworkers using Pidgin seem to be having the same issue. I will contact our IT dept to see if anything changed. On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 4:22 PM, Mark Doliner wrote: > On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 1:20 PM, Mark Doliner wrote: > > P

Re: Unable to connect to Google Talk

2013-04-01 Thread Mark Doliner
On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 1:20 PM, Mark Doliner wrote: > Pidgin on your computer isn't able to establish a connection to > alt1.xmpp.l.google.com:5222, but it looks like it isn't able to. That sentence doesn't make sense. Replace "isn't able to" with "is trying to"

Re: Unable to connect to Google Talk

2013-04-01 Thread Mark Doliner
On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 9:58 AM, Rich Donnellan wrote: > Here are the errors I am receiving. It has been working for 4 years and > then a week ago it just stopped connecting. > > (12:55:48) proxy: Connecting to alt1.xmpp.l.google.com:5222. > (12:55:48) proxy: Error connecting to alt1.xmpp.l.google

Re: Issues with Pidgin

2013-04-01 Thread Michael Secord
Christine, We cannot give you your username and password. You will need to contact your internal Oracle IT department for this. In doing so will you also please have them correct their policies so this is clear in the future and people don't email us for issues we ca

Issues with Pidgin

2013-04-01 Thread Christine Papazian
Hello, I am new to Oracle and just tried logging into my Pidgin account.  Could you please assist me with my login and password info.  I can pull up the Pidgin window, however the “New Instant Message” and “Add Buddy” options on the drop-down menu are not available to me. Thanks,Christine  Christin

Re: Unable to connect to Google Talk

2013-04-01 Thread Rich Donnellan
Here are the errors I am receiving. It has been working for 4 years and then a week ago it just stopped connecting. (12:55:48) proxy: Connecting to alt1.xmpp.l.google.com:5222. (12:55:48) proxy: Error connecting to alt1.xmpp.l.google.com:5222(Connection timed out.). (12:55:48) proxy: Connection

Re: Unable to connect to Google Talk

2013-04-01 Thread Ethan Blanton
Art spake unto us the following wisdom: > Connecting with the various chat providers is very shaky in Pidgin. > They all provide text, but anything beyond that is iffy. This entire email is wrong. I mean, aside from the not wanting to use Google any more, that may be correct, but it's an opinion.

Re: Unable to connect to Google Talk

2013-04-01 Thread Art
Hi Rich, Connecting with the various chat providers is very shaky in Pidgin. They all provide text, but anything beyond that is iffy. The issue is google's tracking ability. Pidgin doesn't allow google to track you because you aren't logged into google directly. Chat providers who specify th

Unable to connect to Google Talk

2013-04-01 Thread Rich Donnellan
My gchat account will no longer connect though Pidgin. I keep getting the "Unable to connect" message. I have tried deleting the account and creating a new one but that did not resolve the issue.I also re installed Pidgin but that did not fix the issue either. Please advise. Thanks. - Rich ___