Using Ichat 3.1 with a Tiger G4 machine.

I innocently clicked on Ichat when I gain access to an Apple camera. I did not recall that I had a .Mac account with a password, but I clicked "continue." I was told my password was incorrect. Several times I have "successfully" changed my password using the series of question about my date of birth and dog's name. I had to do this to post here, which as you can see was successful. But I still get rejected by Ichat. I have even rebutted the computer but with no luck.
My local Apple store says they have never heard of this problem.

Hi,
Welcome to the  Discussions
Use this FAQ to check the Password in the Keychain
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=121885
An Old @mac.com account that is/was a trial account will still work in iChat.
iChat also uses port 5190 to login to the AIM servers (Apple Names are Valid AIM IDs).
This port has to be open in your Mac Firewall if it is On and also in your modem and or router.
See here
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8:04 PM Friday; January 9, 2009

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