Messages won't send images or files

For the past 2 or 3 weeks Messages will not let anyone in my office send or receive images, screenshots, or files. This is really disrupting our work because we chat each other screenshots and pdfs all day long to get quick feedback. When send an image it acts totally normal and seems like it has been sent (it doesn't say it can't be delivered or anything), but the person on the receiving end never gets it or any kind of notification about it.
The first time this happened, I just quit the program and restarted it then sent the image immediately and it went through. But now nothing will get it to send. It was working fine right after we all got Yosemite but then just randomly stopped. Anyone have any ideas how to fix this?

Hi,
I have several AIM based accounts and  Google (Jabber) one plus Bonjour and some other computers to test that with.
I find that it has changed between Messages 7 (Mountain Lion) and the so called Messages 8 in Yosemite (it was also Messages 8 in Mavericks).
I get different results using different Accounts that are supposed to use the same subroutines.
In Messages 8 Yosemite I can plain Pic or File in Bonjour to iChat 4.x.x. but not iChat 5 (Snow Leopard).
I can send plain Pic and Files between all my AIM based Accounts.
I have a Buddy/contact that I have AIM, Google (Jabber) and Yahoo IDs for and Apple ID for iMessages.
We have no trouble with iMessages or AIM but Google to Google in Yosemite on both ends appears to be a problem.
I have not, recently, tried zipping a pic over Google.
In the past AIM have stopped hidden URL links as these could contain Code (of the malicious sort)
As jpegs can also be used as a corrupt delivery system  (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_%28computer_worm%29 delivery and Infection)
It seemed logical that ways to prevent Auto loading of such items might be to zip them so they could be checked when on the Desktop/Downloads folder.
AIM has the servers set to allow File (Pics included) as a matter of course.
Jabber servers need the protocol to be turned On and sometimes to allow Server to Server Proxy sending to help out.
It could be that Google have turned this Off (it would require much more testing than I have done to come anywhere near proving it)
I am not aware that anyone has discovered a fix as potentially it effects all four "Services" that accounts can belong to across the app.  (The Yahoo Account has never done anything beyond Text Chats).
10:12 pm      Tuesday; January 27, 2015
​  iMac 2.5Ghz i5 2011 (Mavericks 10.9)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
 Couple of iPhones and an iPad

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