IChat can't connect to Google Talk

I can't get iChat to connect to Google Talk. I'm using iChat 5.0.3 (Snow Leopard, 10.6.8). I have a google account, but it is not a gmail account. My jabber id is my e-mail address (because that's what my google account is). The server is set to "talk.google.com", port is 5223, "Use SSL" is on. I get the following message "iChat can't log in to talk.google.com because your login ID or password is incorrect". I know they're both correct.
If I turn on "automatically find server and port", then the status goes to "connecting..." for quite a while and then says: "the operation couldn't be completed. Operation timed out"
So, if I had to guess, I'd say that a gmail account is required and this won't work with just a google account. Has anyone ever seen it work without a gmail account?

Hi,
The Info at Google says it has to be a Gmail account (with Talk Enabled) to use in another client.
Other type of Google Accounts can do Talk on Google but have to do it on one of their Web pages.
The confusion seems to come from the fact this used to be possible (You changed the Server name in iChat to google.com after setting up a Jabber ID)
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