Yahoo Messenger and Firewall

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From: "Scubawendi" <Scubawendi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 20:36:09 -0700

I use Yahoo messenger. Although my Windows firewall is turned off (I clicked
off in the Firewall window) I still cannot use some of the Yahoo features
like voice chatting and video streaming. I get the error message ""sorry,
you appear to be behind a wirewall and are currently unable to use the
Yahoo!Webcam service". I don't know what else to do. Yahoo is listed in the
exception window, so I would think that if it was checked, and Firewall was
on, it still should work. I have even tried reinstalling Yahoo Messenger.
Also in the Network Connections window, none of the connections are listed as
firewalled. I could really use some ideas. Thanks!
.

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