I’ve been using Ubuntu for a while and I’ve been very satisfied with my new OS, but recently I had some issues logging my YM account to Pidgin. I’ve found a post and I’ll ‘repost’ his entry. 
Some notes:
I strongly suggest you update your Pidgin client first before doing the next steps.
1. From the main window of pidgin, select Accounts>Manage Accounts. (Ctrl + A). Select your YM account and press modify.
2. Select the advanced tab and at the Pager server text box, enter: cn.scs.msg.yahoo.com 
Then save your settings and you’re back at YM using Pidgin. 
hey thanks for this one ^__^
our beloved Yahoo.
No Problem jane! :no1:
Yeah, yahoohuhu. Lol. Apparently YM dished out their client versions 6 and 7 from what I’ve heard. And they’ve managed to upgrade their servers. Waw. Me pera ang Y! ah. :gg:
Well the fix actually seems to work, thanks for that.
Yet, some considerations:
cn.scs.msg.yahoo.com resolves to three IP addresses in 202.43.216.xxx, which is a network range that belongs to (according to WHOIS):
route: 202.43.216.0/23
descr: Yahoo China
country: CN
origin: AS10228
mnt-by: MAINT-AP-YAHOO-INC
changed: gnelson@yahoo-inc.com 20030813
source: APNIC
It is known that china based subsidiaries of international ISPs play by the rules as set forth by the Chinese government and law – and since they want to stay in business, the better had to.
Given that “communication privacy” (read internet censorship) is a say “controversial” topic in China, we can all imagine where this might lead to (Deep Packet Inspection and Interception, anyone?).
Personally, I am reluctant to perform my login process over a server that is in China, even if this means that I’ll be without YM for a while.
best regards
Marc
Whoa! Thanks for that info Marc. :no1: