Thanks for reporting back. Please check the following document: http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/messenger/messenger7/messenger/messenger-02.html
It seems you can also use port 80 instead of port 5050. Please try using the pidgin yahoo account configuration menu for using one of the ports listed on the web page. If that works for your, report back please. T -- Cannot connect to yahoo server from behind a proxy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/300988 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs