[newbie] Gaim

[Jeffrey Morse]

Hello all, perhaps someone can can me with this small problem,
 I am trying to configure 'gaim' but when I type in my user name 
and password it locks up. If I tell it to register, I am whisked away
to Aol's homepage and see nothing relating to Linux or 'Gaim'.

        Thanks for any assistance on this,  Jeff  :>)