ICal won't synch between two computers via .Mac

I use .Mac to synch calendars between my iMac and my PowerBook (and from there to my iPhone). After installing Panther on both computers the calendars will no longer synch. During the first two or three tries each computer produced a large number of conflicted date messages. Some of these were clear errors (July 4th was shown to be on July 3), but often there was no detectable difference between the choices I was offered. After the first two or three times just nothing happens.
I looked in the Console on the PowerBook and found a log entry that suggests that the problem may be in the other computer (iMac). However, I can't find any error message in the iMac that I can clearly identify, though honestly I don't know much about where to look or what I should see.
Thanks in advance for any help.

The problem is that .Mac Sync technology has been undergoing almost three weeks of 'maintenance' and structural modification since October 19, 2007. Until this process has been completed, you will not be able to synchronize using .Mac Sync, and place your data in substantial jeopardy if you continue to try to do so.
Check the lower left sidebar of the face page of .Mac for periodic status updates. Until the Sync LED changes from amber to green, you can count on the process not having been completed.

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