Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: empathy
Cannot sign into yahoo messenger account with Empathy 2.32.0.1 under Ubuntu
10.10 x64. Get the message "Authentication failed", however using the same
credentials works using the Yahoo Web Messenger.
Empathy was able to connect to Yahoo messe
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Under Ubuntu 10.10, Empathy 2.32.0.1 cannot sign into Yahoo messenger -
"Authentication failed".
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/668660
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My apologies, it appears this was due to user-error.
For Yahoo messenger accounts, you must enter only the user-name, not the
full Yahoo ID. e.g. For Yahoo ID "usern...@yahoo.com", it should be
entered as only "username" in Empathy.
Although this convention is highlighted as the example within
