Hi,
I have downloaded the latest version of Pidgin IM.
I am able to connect to Gtalk, but am not able to connect to Facebook chat.
I did some reading on the net, tried lots of permutations and combination,
but to no avail.
Can you please help?
I am clear about my Facebook username, so that is no
Do you get an error message?
The instructions for Pidgin at
https://www.facebook.com/sitetour/chat.php are pretty good (with the
exception that you don't need to set the Connect Server in step 3, and
personally I think you're better of without it).
I don't know in what circumstances you need to u
yes I get an error message. Have attached it with this email.
Had earlier tried the steps at facebook.com (
https://www.facebook.com/sitetour/chat.php), tried it again now, but am
facing the same problem.
Still not able to login. Any help, will be much appreciated.
On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 1:48
This almost looks like a network/firewall/router/content filtering
problem of some sort. Are you able to connect to other XMPP servers?
Is it possible some corporate or school firewall is blocking outgoing
connections to port 5222? Or maybe a local software firewall is
blocking it?
FYI my Facebook
I am able to connect to Gtalk through pidgin (don't know whether Gtalk
has/uses XMPP servers)
How can I check whether I am able to connect to other XMPP servers?
Hoping that it is a temporary issue with Facebook XMPP servers, and not
something more sinister like a network/firewall/router/content f
I cannot connect to Facebook Chat (XMPP) using BTGuard VPN with the OpenVPN
connection type. I verified that the access was legitimate via Facebook and I
can log into my Facebook account without a problem, but I receive a message
saying that chat.facebook.com/ disabled Not Authorized. How do I
t familiar with what type of communication XMPP
uses, direct them to this link:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3452161/which-ports-does-xmpp-uses
-Tres
On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 4:52 PM, Michael Brady wrote:
> I cannot connect to Facebook Chat (XMPP) using BTGuard VPN with the
> OpenV
Tres Finocchiaro spake unto us the following wisdom:
> Depending on whether or not your employer supports "split tunneling", you
> may or may not be able to access chat services while VPN'd in.
>
> On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 4:52 PM, Michael Brady
> wrote:
> > I c
