AOL asking for password all the time

Hi,
Everytime I log onto iChat with my .mac account (the only one set up on my compter) I have to enter my password to allow me to connect to AOL AIM. I have tried saving the password in my keychain but it still keeps on coming up. My password is less than 16 characters, as I heard that was a problem with AOL. Does anyone have any way of getting rid of this?
Thanks

HI Susan,
Welcome to the Apple Discussion Pages
If you go to iChat > Preferences > Account and click on the Account and then look at the Account info on the right is the password dots there ?
IF you log that account out of AIM and re-enter the password does it stick ?
You may have to delete com.apple.ichat.AIM.plist
This file is in Users/(your acount)/Library/Preferences.
Restart iChat afterwards. Yu are likely to be sent back to do the Startup screens.
Ralph

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