[SATLUG] RE: GAIM and Yahoo

[Sean Carolan]

On Fri, 2004-06-25 at 14:31, Thomas King wrote:
> >I have GAIM .77 at work (not sure which at home) but it will not
> >connect, even when i change the server.  Says "invalid password". :P
> 
> That's the same message I'm getting. Yahoo IM on Windows is working just
> fine, though. OK, at least I'm not the only one. :)
> Tom King

Yahoo changed their protocol on Wednesday to reject most third-party
clients from accessing their system.  They claim that they did this to
reduce IM spam - some of you may have gotten this.  People set up some
sort of bot to IM people and invite them to their "private website". 
usually it's a front for some porno site or something.

In any case Gaim does not seem to be able to log in.  The Linux client
for Yahoo messenger is working fine, at least the redhat 9.0 version. 
If you're not allergic to proprietary software you can grab it here:

http://messenger.yahoo.com