I cannot to log in by iChat with my .Mac account!

I tried many times, but when I’m logging in with my AOL screen name or Netscape screen name it is EVERY time successful! When I changing to my .Mac account ([email protected]) - it doesn’t work! Why?! Could you explain me what should I do to solve this problem?
Thank you in advance!
PowerBook G4   Mac OS X (10.3.9)  

Hi SINtez,
Does you @mac account have a passwors longer than 16 characters ?
If so make it shorter. AIM/AOL does not allow passwords as long as @mac does and this can cause problems.
I take it the password works properly elsewhere like MAil and iDisk stuff ?
12:12 AM Wednesday; March 29, 2006

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