IChat lost the connection to the aim account

Please help i do not know how to connect to ichat the account worked for awhile and now wont it says that it is connected but my contacts never load and eventually a window with the message "iChat lost the connection to the aim account the server connection was lost unexpectedly" appears

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Go to IChat in the menu bar > Preferences > Accounts.
Log out of AIM and then use the Server Settings tab
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