Howzit , I have always had a problem with PIDGIN when connecting to the internet behind a Microsoft ISA firewall/proxy. The reason for this is that the ports that all different IM channels use on PIDGIN connect by using a SSL tunnel on none standard ports
The standard SSL port is 443. and by default ISA does not allow you to connect using any other port EG 5050 which the Yahoo client in pidgin uses, without telling it to do so. and you have to use a script to be able to do it. After alot of googleing and trial and error I have found a solution to problem and I have to share it to help some poor sod like me and I though well let me send the solution to the people who gave us Pidgin First of all the Script you can download it at* "http://www.isatools.org/tools.asp?Context=ISA2006"; *it is called the *"ISA Tunnel Port Tool"* save it to a location on your ISA box and then run a a CSCRIPT command eg to unlock port 5050 for Yahoo you must run CSCRIPT "NAME OF THE JS FILE YOU SAVE IT AS" /ADD PORT5050 5050 I saved my file as "*isa_port.js*" so my Cscript looked like this CSCRIPT isa_port.js /add port5050 5050 Then you have to stop all the services and the start them again you can do this in the ISA console. when the script runs it will look something like this Regards, Brendan Breetzke
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