IChat is unable to connect using a .Mac account

Hello,
I have tried to connect using iChat and a .Mac account (no, I do not have an AIM membership and am only a .Mac member).
When I tried to add a friend to the buddy list (there are only Bonjour and AIM lists available, but I'm a member of neither), the AIM list simply says "connecting..." but the connection never completes. I've sometimes waited for hours for the connection.
At this moment, the settings in the iChat program are:
server: slogin.oscar.aol.com
port: 5190
Use SSL is checked.
I also tried login.oscar.aol.com, port 5190, and left the SSL option unchecked. Neither method works at all. Is there a reason it won't connect to the server? Also, why does it use an AOL server? Do they host .Mac accounts?
Ryan

Same problem here... I haven't been able to get iChat to work in days. I have tried changing to port 443 and my password is perfectly acceptable etc but it hangs on "connecting" and then just disconnects or gives me the message "connection could not be completed because it timed out"
nothing on my end has been changed in years but Apple was working on system maintenance a few days ago and that is when I lost iChat. The .Mac system status message area says"Due to scheduled maintenance, 100% of members could not access .Mac services. Normal service has been restored." but that is obviously bunk. I am not the only one... a friend of mine locally has the same issue. I think someone at apple has screwed something up!

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