Connecting to Yahoo Japan IM

Messenger

[bill]

I haven't had much luck fixing this, so I thought I'd ask here to see if anyone could lend a hand.

I'm trying to see whether I can get Yahoo Japan Messenger to run on some multi-protocol instant messaging clients like Trillian, Digsby, Pidgin, etc.

Quite a while ago I was able to get Trillian to work by setting the server like this:

Server: [b]cs.yahoo.co.jp[/b]
Port: [b]5050[/b]

However, that doesn't seem to be working lately. Does anyone know of any other servers and/or ports to connect to for Yahoo Japan IM?

[Leggewie]

I only know that pidgin does not work

[developer.pidgin.im...]

[bill]

Thanks! I actually came across that ticket in my searches for a solution for this. :) There aren't many people doing this judging from the SERPs. I find people asking for a solution but no solutions are being offered.

Did you ever have Yahoo Japan IM working on Pidgin?

[Leggewie]

To be honest, I am not sure. It might have worked but it is equally likely I never tried until the time I opened that ticket. If it ever worked, it must have been at the time when pidgin was still gaim 1.x Maybe it's worth a try to download an old version.

[edited by: Leggewie at 7:48 am (utc) on Dec. 6, 2008]

[bill]

My guess is that Yahoo Japan changed the server in some way. They might have simply been trying to thwart people not using their software.

[Leggewie]

you know how to operate a packet sniffer?

[Leggewie]

Bill, I believe I just successfully connected to Yahoo Japan with Pidgin 2.5.2.

[bill]

How did you manage that?
I just checked and the current version of Pidgin is 2.5.4 for Windows. I don't have Pidgin installed anywhere now so I can't test.

[Leggewie]

Just go through the account options. As I said, I'm not sure I really am successfully connected. I have yet to test.

[bill]

Let me know what server and port you're successful with (if any).

[Leggewie]

cs.yahoo.co.jp, port 5050 (or so it says)

filetransfer.msg.yahoo.co.jp, port 80