Yahoo messenger problem

[esumitkumar]

hi all

i hav a problem with yahoo msgr it doesnt work in my office my office has got firewalls etc etc It is a Big IT firm...

In settings when no proxies or other options r applied it doesn't work

i dunno which firewalls they have installed

i m using msgr v5.0 nothing can be downloaded in office

can anybody tell me a workaround for the problem....
thanx

[ShekharPalash]

Go to Y!M Preferences > Connections... and set it to Use Proxies.... then try.... it must work now.

[blade_runner]

Use web based chat if they have blocked IM's.

http://chat.yahoo.com

[esumitkumar]

chat.yahoo.com is not working.....
can it show ur buddy list????

one more thing what shekhar has suggested isn't working too

[esumitkumar]

one more thing
chat.yahoo.com is returning to its sign page even if i sign my id and pwd

[silly_kash]

how can it use proxies without specifying the proxy address??

i use http proxy on yahoo messenger at home with my server address being 10.31.2.9

so even u should have the main server address somewhat like that.


moreever u can also check the server address at internet explorer>tools>internet options>connections>click ur connection>settings.

don't know if this will work because i dial up to my server using a modem so i get the settings option in the connections but u may be directly connected to the main server so u may not have this option.