IChat not logging into .Mac or AIM

Hello:
I have been working with and using iChat with no issues forever. I upgraded to 10.5.1 on the day it was released, and had no issues.
Suddenly, yesterday, iChat won't login to my .Mac or AIM account. It logs into Jabber and Rendezvous without issue... but .Mac and AIM sits at "Connecting" in the status bar... and NEVER times out... and never fails.
The only errors I see in the system log are:
WARNING: AIMBuddyList::GetBlockingMode failed, result=80000008
WARNING: Unable to save buddy list to server, internal error: -2147220989
There is nothing else.
To my knowledge I haven't upgraded or changed anything. I even tried a different physical local network (brought my laptop to work this morning) and attempted to login wired and wireless.
I'm at a loss... HEEEEEEELP!!!!
- matthewk

Found the answer.
PGP Desktop was blocking the connection (I imagine because it was attempting to encrypt the IM session).
What's really strange is, I haven't changed my PGP config in a few weeks... and this issue just started manifesting yesterday.
Anyhow... Hope this help the next sucker (sic.) PGP user.
- matthewk

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