From aim to ichat

i have recently switch from pc to mac, life is better now ; )
i used aim previously but now i am using ichat.
on aim i was able to add myself to my buddylist simply for easy viewing of my profile and what not.
is there anyway to do this on ichat? i have tried but nothing seems to work.

perhaps adding your SN to your own contact card under address book?
I'd help you out further but am having my own ichat problem; i cant even log in.

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Hi,
Now and then the AIM Servers have a blip and many people seems to get kicked Off Line.
I have server accounts/AIM IDs and keep some using SSL and the api.oscar.aol.com server on port 443 and some using the login.oscar.aol.com server on port 5190 without SSL.
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It can of course be a server local to you that is having issues.
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If the User ID across the top is not AOLSystemmsg it is not from AIM
It does sound like it is some form of Bot (AN Automated response add-on) that some one is running on a PC
In iChat Menu > Preferences > Accounts > Security you could try Allow Buddy List only.
Unfortunately this may not be enough.
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See this Users Tip for the best info we have on this
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I have a linksys router, I have plug and play enabled, I have also tried enabling ports, there is no firewall. The friend has same setup and he NEVER went in and changed settings on his router, it just instantly worked. We also have the same ISP. No ports are being blocked by them. I have also enabled all ports to see if that would help.
the other person I can not connect to is another story. I need to get mine up and running before I work on hers. She has a wireless pc, and dsl..I am going to check her setting, aol version, and such once mine is proven to work with someone.
I also can not use big board games...I get a message that says I am behind a firewall (which I am not), I had also tried same thing with the ports, or it says that I have a translated network address. I am guessing that these problems are linked.
Another person that is a pc tech suggested I setup static ip for my computer and all that mess, and we tried it and still no fix.
Someone here suggested changing a setting in quicktime for streamline to be less than 1.5 it was set to 384 (or something) so I left it there.
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Well, this problem is solved, it took several different posts to get answers that worked.
But here is what got me up and running.
First, reason I can not connect to pc friend is because she is using the newest version on aim and she needs to be using 5.9 (tried finding who here told me that to give credit, but I can't find the info)
I don't know why I can't connect to my mac friend. I may be able to now that I fixed somethings, but he's not been online for me to test it out. However, he was able to chat with other people and then he changed some things and now he's not. So, when he is online again I will go over his setup as well.
Ichat would have worked with no special configurations for me, right out of the box. However, big bang board games will not let me get online and trying to get that online is where I changed things that prevented ichat from ever working.
If you are having this problem with linksys or netgear router..just turn on plugnplay in router configurations. It is usually on be default. No need to have ports enabled.
For you mac firewall, just have it turned on, no special ports being opened.
I do have bonjour chat checked in settings, but I am told that this does not need to be checked. Do not have apple remote sharing checked.
I do have 10.4.8 installed, so I did not need to go back to an older version.
This just boiled down to I turned my firewall off and never thought that would cause me not to be able to chat.

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Ok. I've already been using AIM on my iChat, and let me tell ya, it works much better than AIM itself.
Anyway, I was wondering, is there an easy way to put all of the screen names in AIM onto my .Mac account? This way I can just use that account for email and IM.
Thanks for your help! I appreciate it!

This is taken from the ichatav3 help menu:
Click the Add button in the Buddy List window. A list appears, showing cards in your Address Book. Choose the person you want to add to your Buddy List. If the person is not already in your Address Book, click New Person.
If the person does not have an instant message address, you need to enter one. You can enter more than one screen name by separating each with a comma. If your friend signs on using any of the screen names you enter, you'll see them in your Buddy List.
You can also drag a person's name from your Bonjour list to your Buddy List to add that person to your Buddy List. The person in the Bonjour list must have a a valid AIM or .Mac account.
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