Can’t get Yahoo Messenger to work at company’s premises

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November 22, 2006 at 10:06 am #25618

stiginge
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Hi,

I’m a yahoo messenger user but for some reason, I can’t get it to work at my company’s premises. Anyone have any idea of what the problem here is?

November 22, 2006 at 12:28 pm #154612

tim2679
Member

Most work places have their firewalls set to block the ports needed to
connect Yahoo Messenger. They do this so their employees are doing
their job and not waisting their time chatting on the net.

November 22, 2006 at 3:05 pm #154613

stiginge
Member

And would there be any way around this?

November 22, 2006 at 3:41 pm #154611

Nessa
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Try meebo.com or ebuddy!

Hope it helps.

November 22, 2006 at 4:27 pm #154614

stiginge
Member

cheers buddy I think you got me sorted

November 23, 2006 at 10:30 am #154609

Jeff Hester
Keymaster

yep problem comes from your firewall

try this

November 26, 2006 at 7:51 pm #154615

good_dude20
Member

Also you will find that its not just firewall software that stops you installing such programs or accessing them. They have special Business software which is installed on the machine which filters out alot of system functionality.

November 27, 2006 at 3:04 pm #154610

Dermot
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There are many web based instant messenger logins for AIM,Yahoo! and MSN

If they also don’t work it’s more than likely they are blocking it at the network level and not much you can do about it but work…at work.

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