Re: [gentoo-user] Kopete and Yahoo upgrade message

[Dale]

Paul Hartman wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 9:35 AM, Dale<rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
>
>> Paul Hartman wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 2:52 AM, Dale<rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> I may have pasted the wrong thing.  I do have both KDE 3 and KDE 4
>>>> installed but I use KDE 3.  This is the message I get for the record:
>>>>
>>>> (01:17:17)  Yahoo! Admin:  You are using an older version of Yahoo!
>>>> Messenger that is no longer supported. Please upgrade by downloading the
>>>> newest version by going to: http://messenger.yahoo.com/download.php
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Yahoo is notorious for constantly changing their protocol. Every IM
>>> program that supports it needs to be updated frequently to keep up
>>> with their protocol changes. Try 4.3.1 (released yesterday) and see if
>>> that solves anything.
>>>
>>> Another option would be to use an MSN account instead -- Yahoo and MSN
>>> messenger networks are interoperable, and the MSN protocol is more
>>> stable. Your contacts will need to add a new account for you, but
>>> their yahoo accounts should work from your MSN account.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> I'm still on KDE 3 tho.  KDE 4 is just not there for me yet.  I have it
>> installed but not using it yet.
>>
>
> The emerge info you pasted was of kopete-4.3.0, so that's where I got
> that idea. If you're on Kopete 3.x that's probably the source of all
> your problems. If it's not being actively updated for the new protocol
> changes, you're lucky it even works at all on yahoo. I personally use
> pidgin and whenever the yahoo changes happen they've usually got a new
> version released a day or two later.
>
>
>

Yea, my first post showed the latest kopete installed but not the one I
am using.  That was in a later post.  Add in that I got paste happy and
things just got real confusing in a hurry. 

Maybe next time I need to be more rested before I post.  o_O

Dale

:-)  :-)