H. Peet Foster paused, thought it over, and spoke thusly: >This is way OT to the list, I know, but you all are the best Mac >brains. Thanks again for your input. > >Peet Well, if Port 5190 was blocked, it cannot work, that is the only AOL Messenger port that allows logging in to the AOL servers. I just ran a test, using Little Snitch. Blocked TCP over Port 5190, and when I went back in to connect through iChat I got "The connection was refused by the server" I'd double-check my port blocking if it was me. ~flipper