Invalid .Mac account name? How to fix?

I seem to be progressing further toward getting Photocasting to work, but this time, after quite a lengthy time after hitting "Publish", I got an error that said something to the effect of an incorrect .Mac account name or something like that. How can I fix that? Is there some place to control the .Mac settings iPhoto uses for photocasting? Or something else?

Do you have your information correctly entered in the .Mac System Preferences?
-Doug

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