Unable To Connect To Google Talk

2010-11-02 Thread R H
Hi there. I am unable to connect to Google Talk (GCHAT) from my work PC (Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit) using the default settings. I am able to connect to other providers and can connect to GCHAT via Gmail and the GCHAT client. Below is the debug output from Pidgin: (09:38:16) account

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 ___

Re: Unable To Connect To Google Talk

2010-11-02 Thread Daniel Atallah
On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 12:59, R H wrote: > Hi there.  I am unable to connect to Google Talk (GCHAT) from my work PC > (Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit) using the default settings.  I am able to > connect to other providers and can connect to GCHAT via Gmail and the GCHAT > client. 

Re: Unable To Connect To Google Talk

2010-11-02 Thread R H
Thanks, that worked for me :) On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 10:31 AM, Daniel Atallah wrote: > On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 12:59, R H wrote: > > Hi there. I am unable to connect to Google Talk (GCHAT) from my work PC > > (Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit) using the default settings.

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

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 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 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: 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 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

Unable to connect to google talk with pidgin (2.10.7)

2013-11-15 Thread John Liszka
I thought it might be the 2-step authentication blocking it, but I created an app password for it and im still getting SSL handshake failed. domain:gmail.com resource: advanced tab use old-style SSL connect port: 5222 connect server: talk.google.com file transfer proxies: proxy.eu.jabber.org (0

Re: Unable to connect to google talk with pidgin (2.10.7)

2013-11-15 Thread Ethan Blanton
John Liszka spake unto us the following wisdom: > use old-style SSL Is this set? If so, unset it. Ethan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support

Re: Unable to connect to google talk with pidgin (2.10.7)

2013-11-15 Thread John Liszka
yes! I reverted to requires encryption and NOW it works. thanks for the heads up on that. On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 9:30 AM, Ethan Blanton wrote: > John Liszka spake unto us the following wisdom: > > use old-style SSL > > Is this set? If so, unset it. > > Ethan > ___