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Here is the deal, I've entered my jabber id, gotten the code word to send to verify, added twitter@twitter.com as a buddy, but I'm getting a message that says twitter is not authorized yet. The name is greyed out in the buddy list. I've tried iChat and Psi with no joy.

I can't authorize it because I can't sent the code. I can't send the code because I'm not authorized. Catch 22!

Direct authorization link does not work, from Safari, or Firefox. I'm stuck.