Thanks for your answer. Since this seems to be no bug in pidgin I'll close this bug. If you know which component causes the problem feel free to open a new bug. Maybe the DNS query gets blocked at work or something like this (are you allowed to you use chat at work?) or you did not enter a DNS server properly.
** Changed in: pidgin (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- Cannot connect to Yahoo Messenger https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/303351 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