Messages won't connect to AIM?

I've read the other threads I can find about this issue, but none of the advice has worked.
Yesterday when I logged into my computer, Messages wouldn't connect to AIM. I was connected to VPN at the time so I didn't worry a lot about it (it's never happened before, but VPN often causes strange issues for me), but it's still happening now that I'm back to my regular connection. It just hangs at "Connecting..." and doesn't give any error message or indication of a problem.
I don't have a firewall and I've tried unchecking the Use SSL box in Server Settings. I've deleted and re-added the account (several times), made sure that it can connect to my work chat server, and successfully added another account (Gmail). Nothing has changed in my settings or configurations or anything, just one day it worked and the next day it didn't.
What am I forgetting? Thanks for any other suggestions.

HI,
In the Finder use the Go Menu > Go to Folder and type ~/Library/Preferences in the dialogue box that appears
Find the com.apple.ichat.AIM.plist and drag it to the Trash.
Restart Messages.
This particular .plist holds the state that your login was in when it was connected (or whether it was logged out).
If the connection was dropped this can be different to the info held at AIM and therefore you get refused.
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