From the AOL help section
You can now read your AOL email through your favourite email application. As long as your email application supports IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) you should be able to read and send email from software such as Microsoft Outlook or Netscape.
Setup instructions are included here for the most common email applications. If you use an email application not listed here and you are reasonably technically confident, you should be able to configure your email application yourself in a few minutes - just read the information for Other Email Applications.
Please note that AOL Member Services is unable to provide detailed support for these applications as they were developed by third parties. Though of course AOL provides full support for AOL Communicator, AOL's powerful email application
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