Pidgin 2.5.1 can't connect to Yahoo server

[syn4k]

I'm using Pidgin 2.5.1

My advanced settings are:
pager server: scs.msg.yahoo.com
japan pager server: cs.yahoo.co.jp
pager port: 5050
file transfer server: filetransfer.msg.yahoo.com
japan file transfer server: filetransfer.msg.yahoo.co.jp
file transfer port: 80
chat room locale: us
encoding: ISO-8859-1
proxy type: use gnome proxy settings

My basic settings are:
protocol: yahoo
username: syn4k
password: somepass

How I installed:
# Pidgin dependencies installation
echo "Installing Pidgin..."
sudo apt-get -yqq build-dep pidgin
sudo apt-get -yqq install network-manager-dev

# Pidgin download and installation
wget -q http://downloads.sourceforge.net/pid...-2.5.1.tar.bz2
tar -xvf pidgin-2.5.1.tar.bz2
sudo apt-get -yqq remove pidgin libpurple0
cd pidgin-2.5.1/
./configure -enable-gnutls=yes
make
sudo make install
cd ..
rm -rf pidgin-2.5.1/
rm -rf pidgin-2.5.1.tar.bz2

# Pidgin notifications installation
sudo apt-get -yqq install pidgin-libnotify

Error: Could not establish a connection with the server:
Network is unreachable

[sub_par11]

Probably shouldn't post your password on here.

[starscalling]

66.163.181.173 scs.msg.yahoo.com
put that in /etc/hosts file and good to go from here.. try doing a ping on scs.msg.yahoo.com and put that resulting ip in instead. for me cleared up ever since.

[Drate]

I can confirm it works!

[stucky]

Can also confirm this works in Lenny

[Syndacate]

I can also confirm that it works in the following, as I had this issue on both:
- Windows XP Professional SP3
- Ubuntu Linux (8.10, Intrepid Ibex)

Just took the resulting IP from a ping and put that into the server to connect to instead of its DNS.

[chrone]

thanks dude, it works.

[ynov]

thanks starcalling,
it works for any xxx@yahoo.com account,

[alexrose]

works now .. I've updated to 2.5.7

[mastapat11]

you could also try the easier solution:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1191064


changed the server
scs.msg.yahoo.com
to
cn.scs.msg.yahoo.com