IChat was unable to login to AOL Instant Messenger!

I've been unable to log into iChat with my @me.com username for the last week. Every time I try to set my status to Available I get this message:
AOL Instant Messenger Login
iChat was unable to login to AOL Instant Messenger because your screen name or password was incorrect.
Is this happening to anyone else? Will it ever be fixed? My Login ID and Password are the same as they've always been. Nothing's changed at my end. So why can't I get online with iChat?

You're lucky. I tried deleting my MobileMe account within iChat, and re-adding it, but I still have the same error message. I haven't been able to use iChat for coming up to a month now

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