No, maemo is not like blackberry. Each type of IM is forwarded to its own network, without travelling through the Nokia servers.

So the problem must be of a different kind. Do you know whether dns resolving is working? I mean, can you surf the web? Some people are reporting problems with name resolution if they had vpnc installed prior to the update.

If this is the case, then look here for a fix: http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...8&postcount=47

Best regards.