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Connection attempt failed: Windows socket er

cernus
2007-04-19
2013-01-14
  • cernus

    cernus - 2007-04-19

    I am unable to connect to the Yahoo im

    connection: Connecting. gc = 017DD648
    dnsquery: Performing DNS lookup for scs.msg.yahoo.com
    autorecon: done calling gaim_account_connect
    dnsquery: IP resolved for scs.msg.yahoo.com
    proxy: Attempting connection to 216.155.193.178
    proxy: Connecting to scs.msg.yahoo.com:5050 with no proxy
    proxy: Connection in progress
    proxy: Connected.
    proxy: Connection attempt failed: Windows socket error #10061

    Can anyone help me?

     
    • cernus

      cernus - 2007-04-19

      I am able to log into YIM when i use the YIM client.  But not gaim.

       
    • eapjvi

      eapjvi - 2007-04-19

      I was having this problem yesterday, but with ICQ instead of Yahoo! It cleared itself up after a few hours. Rebooting your PC might fix it as this is a windows error, but I'm not sure.

       
    • cernus

      cernus - 2007-04-26

      I still cannot use gaim to connect to the Yahoo instant messenger from home.  I still get the same error as described above.

      I have no problems using it from my work pc though

      PLease help.

       
      • Etan Reisner

        Etan Reisner - 2007-04-26

        It's most likely a firewall problem, if you are using Norton or Symantec or the Windows firewall, read the wingaim FAQ about what ports you need to open and hope that works. Much of the firewall software likes to ignore settings people tell it to have.

         
    • cernus

      cernus - 2007-04-26

      WOW, Thank you very much  adding the pager ports for gaim into my firwall did the trick.