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Yahoo Changes Protocol, Blocks Third Party Clients

Posted by michael on from the purely-accidental dept.

NaDrew writes "ZDNet reports that Yahoo is once again blocking connections from Trillian (the alternative multi-protocol client). Yahoo tried this a few times last year and it looks like they're trying again. Cerulean, maker of Trillian, employs some excellent protocol engineers, who I have no doubt will quickly figure out Yahoo's latest obfuscation and release a patch. A quick fix discovered late this evening: Change your Y!IM host from scs.msg.yahoo.com to scs.yahoo.com, port 5050, and it should work. This is on Trillian 0.74H, not Pro."

3 of 506 comments (clear)

  1. Damn... by N3koFever · · Score: 5, Funny
    ...and I wanted to speak with all the people I know who use Yahoo Messenger.

    Oh, wait...

  2. A word of advice... by baudilus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't log out.

  3. Google by TheLoneCabbage · · Score: 5, Funny


    Makes you just itch for a google client doesn't it?

    'Cause if it's Google it must be good!

    GMail - like turning on the lights and watching the cockaroaches scatter!

    --
    I would rather be ashes than dust!