[Ekiga-list] unable to IM

[Natasha]

Hi Jan,
It just doesnt go through at all. The person sending me the message will 
see something like "message too large" or "not allowed" or something, 
and when I try sending I get either nothing or it shuts down ekiga and 
asks me to 'force quit'.
Does the chat HAVE to go through a certain provider, such as ekiga.net? 
Or do all voip providers automatically allow IM's to go through?
Today I see I'm not registered to ekiga.net or even my voxalot.com 
account, so that's a problem. But before I was fully registered with all 
my accounts so I dont think that's the issue.
My ekiga.net username is tashaz0
Thanks.