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Actually, AOL no longer makes you use their entire client to connect (dial-up or broadband). They now include a dialer program to just connect to the internet. (I think it was included in 9.0SE)
It is also possible to use AOL mail in some other e-mail clients, such as Outlook, or their own stand-alone client, Communicator. (And it’s also has decent e-mail detection with McAfee built-in on the server level)
(I’d head over to:
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/aolplus if you need more help)