# Is anyone else having a problem with Yahoo IM? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 30, 2004, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-a-problem-with-yahoo-im/252893 "2004-06-30T15:12:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-a-problem-with-yahoo-im/252893/1 "2004-06-30T15:12:58Z")
Over the last week or so, Yahoo IM has seemed real wonky to me – I’ll be sitting there and notice this person or that is signing in/out/in/out; or I’ll be hanging out, thinking I’m logged in, get an email saying “bummer, was hoping to chat, catch ya later” – and realize that not a single name is lit up on my list, and, yup, I need to reboot the whole machine (not just leave Yahoo IM and go back in) to get on with them. Is it just me? ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-a-problem-with-yahoo-im/252893/2 "2004-06-30T15:51:01Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Over the last week or so, Yahoo IM has seemed real wonky to me – I’ll be sitting there and notice this person or that is signing in/out/in/out; or I’ll be hanging out, thinking I’m logged in, get an email saying “bummer, was hoping to chat, catch ya later” – and realize that not a single name is lit up on my list, and, yup, I need to reboot the whole machine (not just leave Yahoo IM and go back in) to get on with them. > > Is it just me? What client are you or your friends using? Yahoo recently changed something in their software yet again to confound third-party clients like Trillian. If either one of you is using Trillian or the like, that could be your problem right there. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-a-problem-with-yahoo-im/252893/3 "2004-06-30T15:54:34Z")
Been happening to me too. Ever since they upgraded the email, I think. It was really bad the past couple of days, but today it hasn’t happened to me once. I was thinking it was fighting with the complany firewall, but the guy who sits next to me has had no trouble with it. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-a-problem-with-yahoo-im/252893/4 "2004-06-30T16:03:49Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > What client are you or your friends using? Yahoo recently changed something in their software yet again to confound third-party clients like Trillian. If either one of you is using Trillian or the like, that could be your problem right there. My ISP is MSN; will have to check with the people who are having problems to see what they’re using. Thanks for the tip – any ideas about how to get around it if they are using Trillian? ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-a-problem-with-yahoo-im/252893/5 "2004-06-30T17:31:02Z")
Well, occasionally this obviously **insane** doper bent on world domination IMs me, but other than that, Yahoo Messenger is working fine. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-a-problem-with-yahoo-im/252893/6 "2004-06-30T17:36:57Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > My ISP is MSN; will have to check with the people who are having problems to see what they’re using. Thanks for the tip – any ideas about how to get around it if they are using Trillian? Other than using the actual Yahoo IM client, not much until Trillian and the like figure out what Yahoo did and change their clients accordingly. The story was on Slashdot last week, so you might want to go take a look through their archives. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-a-problem-with-yahoo-im/252893/7 "2004-06-30T18:15:38Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Well, occasionally this obviously **insane** doper bent on world domination IMs me, but other than that, Yahoo Messenger is working fine. 😃 BTW – you haven’t given me your boss’s phone number yet. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-a-problem-with-yahoo-im/252893/8 "2004-06-30T18:18:04Z")
Oh, and thanks, **asterion** – though you can probably tell from the caliber of my questions what my level of cybersavvy is. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-a-problem-with-yahoo-im/252893/9 "2004-06-30T18:22:03Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > Other than using the actual Yahoo IM client, not much until Trillian and the like figure out what Yahoo did and change their clients accordingly. The story was on Slashdot last week, so you might want to go take a look through their archives. [The patch is out](http://www.trillian.cc/downloads/). ---
**Author:** ![NotQuiteAYinzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/73ab20/32.png) [@NotQuiteAYinzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotQuiteAYinzer)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-a-problem-with-yahoo-im/252893/10 "2004-06-30T18:24:32Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > My ISP is MSN; will have to check with the people who are having problems to see what they’re using. Thanks for the tip – any ideas about how to get around it if they are using Trillian? Upgrade to 0.74i from whatever you have now. At least, that’s what made it work for me. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-a-problem-with-yahoo-im/252893/11 "2004-06-30T18:33:30Z")
I see it’s already been fixed. I wasn’t keeping up on this, as I almost never use IM and then I use the first-party clients when I do.