My iChat won't sign on

Whenever i start my iChat, it logs on and off by itself like 5 times and then gives me a msg saying that i logged on too often. this happens everytime i try opening iChat.

Hi,
As you are on iChat 4 try it with and without the SSL option selected.
In System Preferences > Security > Firewall do Not use Allow Essential Apps and iChat is not an Essential App
9:47 PM Wednesday; June 3, 2009
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