I recently started using AOL as my ISP and I found that I hated its email system. Among the several things that I didn’t like was the fact that when an incoming note contained a URL, the URL was not a hot link and I would have to cut and paste the URL into my browser in order to get to it. This was especially annoying to me since as you can imagine, I get a lot of post notifications from VBF and cutting and pasting each one was a real pain. (Maybe there’s a better way, but then again I’m an AOL-newbie). Anyhow I recently discovered eNetBot Mail. It's a
...POP3 / SMTP agent for AOL that allows you to read your AOL mail from any POP3 compliant email program, such as Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, Eudora and Netscape mail. You can also send mail from any SMTP compliant mail program.
You don't even have to open AOL in order to send and receive mail! I've used it now for several days with my copy of Outlook and have had no problems. The app is available at http://www.enetbot.com. You can download a 30-day trial and if you like it it’s only $19.95.

(I know that this wasn't a VB question, but I thought it was important, and anyhow I'm a Moderator )