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    yahoo messenger and adium through firewall/Proxies

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by GRZ530, Mar 4, 2008.

  1. GRZ530

    GRZ530 Notebook Consultant

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    Hi, do anyone experience how to connect Yahoo/Adium through Proxies or Firewall? How to configure Yahoo, it has a pop up that i have to configure Proxies through Network Pref. I asked the technical support guys, he type these number like in Windows but I cant connect to Net

    Am i Wrong at something, or Yahoo in Mac can not connect through Proxies,Firewall???
     
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    i know these online services but i want to use webcam or voicechat
     
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    Hrm, adium will not support voice/video chat through any service (that I know of). I have a firewall turned on through both OS X and my router with no problems connecting to yahoo or aim.
     
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    so how do you configure Ym IP, Host...
     
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    What kind of firewall are we talking about? ISP, School, work, personal?
     
    xoul, Mar 13, 2008
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    i'm using internet of the dormitory
     
    GRZ530, Mar 14, 2008
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