AOL has launched a beta test 
of its Connect for Mac app.
If you have an AOL screen name, you can log in, read the beta announcement and (I am guessing) download the beta from AOL’s beta web site.
Connect for Mac allows AOL members to initiate an online connection to the Internet without launching the full AOL client.
It is already easy to use Mail.app with AOL . Presumably, this makes it even easier.
