Having finished with school, I'm home for a while, or at least until I can find a decent job, and to save money I'm forced to use my father's ISP, AOL. I didn't mind loading its bloatware onto my old backup PC last summer when my decent PC had crapped out, but now that the decent one is fully operational, I'd like to avoid having to install the AOL client, if at all possible. Does anyone know if it is possible to connect to AOL with regular dialup utilities, rather than using the client?
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Using AOL Without The Client?
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Fatalah
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Try using this?
http://communicator.aol.com/ac-right-for-you.html
maybe this will work
aol communicator
http://communicator.aol.com/ac-right-for-you.html
maybe this will work
aol communicator
Why don't you try and have your dad switch to something else that's cheaper and faster, there's alot better dial-up ISPs out there.
If not, you should check out this site. http://www.freedomlist.com/
If not, you should check out this site. http://www.freedomlist.com/
Shogmaster
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DarthWoo said:
Just use any ISP to connect, then go to aol.com and log in to check your email, and only download AIM or any other IM utilitie that works with AIM. BAM! Done deal.
Yeah, I've tried to convince my father to switch to DSL, but he's just too used to AOL, plus he has too many contacts now with his AOL address, and he'd be too uncomfortable trying to ensure that everyone who he needs to contact would know whatever his new address becomes. (Unless there's some way to keep your AOL e-mail address even after dropping the ISP.)
Don't think I could convince him that $10-15 just for an e-mail address is justified. That's pretty much the only reason he still uses AOL. I've been looking around, and the cheapest broadband I can even find around here is Verizon DSL at $29.95/month for their cheapest (~1Mbps) service, with a one year commitment. SBC isn't even in this state at all unfortunately.
ChrisReid said:
That's what I have done for years even though we've had broadband for years, my wife won't drop her AOL account because that is what she wants to use for e-mail and doesn't want to go through the hassle of switching. We pay $15/month for this "privilege". We're moving again, this time switching to DSL, maybe now I can get her to cancel.
You could also switch to some cheap dial-up ISP and still keep your AOL. Netscape dial up is 9.95/month. With the bring your own access AOL, it would come out the same anyway, but you wouldn't have to load the AOL client. Hell, here is one that is only 5.95 a month now.
AllVantage
shattyboombatty
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I actually work at AOL, and there's no way (convienient and not a total hack way anyways) to dial up the ISP without a client on your machine. The latest version of the client is actually not as horrible as it's been in the past.
Most of the people I work with use the AOL communicator client. I think that one's less bloat-tastic, but it's an AOL client none the less.
Most of the people I work with use the AOL communicator client. I think that one's less bloat-tastic, but it's an AOL client none the less.
Don't suppose you (or anyone) knows much about the email archive files the client uses. I had a "screename." (extensionless) file apparrently get some corruption during a hard drive problem. I still have the full size extensionless file in the organizer directory, but the client won't see it anymore. Any ideas on how to fix it?
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