I had a look on Yahoo's blogs - and found this article - http://www.ymessengerblog.com/blog/2009/09/18/versions-6-7-5-will-end- on-september-30/
It looks as though Pidgin has to emulate Yahoo 9 or later in order to be let in. -- Yahoo server authentication changed: Pidgin =<2.5.6 will not connect to Yahoo! servers. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389322 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs