You can't send via another SMTP server while connected to AOL, either
- well, Keef, you CAN but it does require a bit of lateral thinking occasionally. I have a few pop3 accounts and send them via a particular SMTP address which AOL only occasionally rejects, and then a restart of OE, a reconnect to AOL or at worst a reboot sorts it out. That is just ONE of the reasons I leave AOL this month.