Aim account wont login on ichat

i have switched to leopard over the weekend. Since doing so, i have been unable to get my aim account to login. I receive the message connection reset by peer. I have no idea what to do, because i can get connected w/ adium to my msn account but not the aim account.. so it has to be relevant to the aim only

ok, i have tried creating a new aol account i still have the same results as the old one. i have updated the keychain and deleted the aim from it... still no results... i even went as far as to download the aim messenger thinking maybe it was a problem w/ ichat or Adium.. and i still could not connect... every other internet function works fine from safari, to my other instant messaging, i am a college student and nearly all of my friends use this im solely.

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looking for answers but can't find a place for my question, so I'm posting here. I have an AIM account to use with iChat. AOL/AIM have my old email address to send me information by email. Is there a way to change this email address ? I just log into AOL.com but I can't find any place to edit my settings there.
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hi Sup909,
Encryption. Mac to Mac with both having @mac names
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Hi,
Whenever I have created a Name at AIM then I have received an email to tell me (via the email I listed) that a name has been created.
Such as this:-
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To complete the registration and activate the account, please verify your email address by clicking the link below.
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Keep the password to 16 characters or less (it's an AIM limit despite the prompts on the Site for longer).
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Ichat can't connect to my AIM account, gives me the error "Cannot log in to AIM. General error. Try again." Please help!

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HI,
Your specs say OS X 10.6.8 which would be iChat 5.x.x in Snow Leopard.
This version by default tries to login in to the AIM server called login.oscar.aol.com on port 5190 using the TCP protocol.
An internet connection is made up of 65535 of these so called ports (more like TV stations)
Most routers have ports up to port 1024 which means some of the iChat Login Ports are above this.
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1) Change the Login port iChat uses
2) Change the way the router opens ports.
For 1) go to iChat Menu > Preferences > Accounts
Highlight/select the AIM account.
In the Info Tab deselect the "Enable this Account" to make sure you are Logged out.
In the Server Settings change the Port to 443
You can decide not to use SSL as well if you wish (the server name automatically loses the leading "s")
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For iChat this allows it to Screen Share as this happens on an unlisted random port.
Opps forgot a couple of things.
If you are using an APple ID registed at Apple ending in @mac.com @me.com or @iCloud.com then the passowrd at Apple has to be 16 characters or less to work with the AIM servers.
Additionally the iCloud issued @me.com and @iCloud.com one require you to use iChat 6 in Lion or Messages in Mountian Lion due to changes Apple made to the security of letting AIM "read" the passwords.
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It sounds like you want to sign into the iTunes Store with another Apple ID. The article linked below will walk you through signing into the iTunes Store and App Store on your devices with a different Apple ID.
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I can seldomly ever connect to AIM on my iChat app.
Im using te standard AIM 4.7 from AOL.com, but iChat cant connect.

Hi
Apart from Rj's advice.... Do you use the same AIM screen on both apps ?
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