Here is some information from the pidgin dev team, which may prove useful: http://theflamingbanker.blogspot.com/2009/06/some-clarification-on-yahoo-issues.html
-- Cannot connect to Yahoo! servers in Pidgin. Service stopped without adjusting https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/267651 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