Trillian (Basic) 3.1 + Yahoo! Messenger = No Good

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June 26, 2009 at 6:28 pm #30631

BombRun
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Hi all, I browsed the forums for a while and came across a few similar instances where users are having difficulties connecting to Yahoo! Messenger…

I didn’t see whether or not they were able to connect to their Yahoo! Inbox through a web browser using either Firefox or IE.

I am able to successfully connect to my Yahoo! Inbox through both IE and Firefox, however, I am not able to connect to the Yahoo! Messenger service through Trillian.

I am running Trillian Basic 3 (3.1)

I am able to connect to AIM, ICQ, and MSN services successfully, however, when I try connecting to the Yahoo! Messenger service I get the following errors:

[13:04] *** Error: Invalid User Account. Make sure you’ve typed your username correctly and try again.
[13:11] *** Reconnecting to Yahoo! as “iambombrun@yahoo.com“
[13:11] *** Will attempt 10 connections with 60 second intervals.
[13:11] *** Connecting to Yahoo! as “iambombrun@yahoo.com“, attempt 1.
[13:11] *** Error: Invalid User Account. Make sure you’ve typed your username correctly and try again.

You’re more than welcome to contact me via e-mail or contact me through my messenger services.

ICQ: 6413948
AIM: MaXiMuM 2x
e-mail: bombrun.forums@gmail.com

June 26, 2009 at 6:51 pm #175162

BombRun
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I wanted to add …

I went ahead and logged into Yahoo! through IE, downloaded and installed Yahoo! Messenger, and it connected just fine…

So, I logged off, and uninstalled Yahoo! Messenger immediately.

(due to the fact Trillian uses 11MB of resources and Yahoo! Messenger uses 54MB)

screenshot:

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g248/bombrun/Funny/yahoobad.jpg

June 26, 2009 at 9:50 pm #175159

imported_Ven0m
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This is probably because of that version of Trillian using older servers/protocols, which Yahoo is in the process of getting rid of. What version of Yahoo! Messenger are you using? My version uses WAY less than what Trillian uses.

I’d suggest using Trillian Astra or Pidgin at this point.

June 26, 2009 at 10:42 pm #175161

Doris Kenney
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Trillian Astra is connecting just fine to the YH servers. Give it a try.

June 26, 2009 at 11:03 pm #175160

imported_Ven0m
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@patndoris 239824 wrote:

Trillian Astra is connecting just fine to the YH servers. Give it a try.

That’s because they just recently updated it and updated the protocol used to YMSG16 so it can use the SP1 and AC4 servers.

The MUD servers the older Trillian probably used are dead now.
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