Why wont my phone send imessages to select people?

Why wont my iPhone 5 send iMessages to certain people who have iPhones?

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  • Why wont my iphone send imessages

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  • Why does my phone send iMessage very slow?

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    8:44 PM      Sunday; January 13, 2013
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    Hi,
    It is likely to be something in the Mac User Account.
    Messages creates several .plist that start com.apple.ichat
    Some refer to the accounts for AIM, Jabber and Yahoo and the Subnet one is for Bonjour.
    There is a Shared List one (for Recent Chats that Yosemite's Messages does not display) and the Status Messages one I have posted to Eric about.
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    This one com.apple.imessage.bag.plist holds the server info the the iMessages account is logged into.
    com.apple.ids.service.com.apple.madrid.plist  is the one that holds the Apple ID used in the  iMessages Account and any other ID linked to that iMessages accounts.
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    You may have to re-enter the Apple ID.
    (And accept the pop ups about the iPhone number)
    If that does not work try also deleting the iMessage.bag one as this will force a Server connection when the app is restarted.
    If that does not work open the Keychain Access App in Applications/Utilities
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    After that if it has not worked it is a long process of moving half the listed Apple.com .plists to the Desktop (I would create a folder to hold them)
    And then restarting the computer.
    You then have to move half the moved ones back to Preferences replacing newer items that have been made if nothing has been solved.
    i.e move A to M to the desktop folder. as the apps read the plists you will need to restart.  Then move A to F back so there is a gap between F and N (so you can see where you are up to)
    Repeat a 1/2 the reminder until you find the faulty .plist. (complete with restarts each time and replacing new .plist when you move old ones back)
    Most likely this will be a group move so you will have to work the last move you made.
    This is very time consuming.
    If you decide that replacing them all might be the way to go then keep the following:-
    Anything with Address Book In it (Some info in in the .plists that you need)
    Same for Mail
    Any item for purchased apps from Apple Like Pages, Numbers, iWeb and so on as this may contain License info
    Do not Delete the Desktop item until you are sure you don't need them and everything is working.
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