AOL Tools

My Buddy Icons is an easy-to-use icon tool to customize, modify or create your own AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) buddy icons, then send them directly to your AIM messenger. The program includes more than 100 original icons which were created by Newera IconCool Team and it allows you to customize your the icons with 20 different image filters and adjust their color-balance or brightness. A built-in capture tool also allows you to capture desktop content as an icon and add it to the collection or save it as .ico file. You can import any image or photo and quickly convert it into a custom buddy icon (or regular icon file). Additional features include links to online resources and more. My Buddy Icons can import images of all popular formats, including BMP, GIF, ICB, ICO, JPG, JPEG and many others.

eMail2Pop (formerly AOL2Pop) is a program for subscribers of the America Online(tm) service that allows users to send and receive email from standard email programs such as Microsoft Outlook Express, Microsoft Outlook, Eudora Email, and other POP3 compliant email programs, instead of having to use AOL s proprietary email system. You can check multiple email accounts from different providers using the same interface, use SPAM filters and any other feature that other email programs have to offer. Using this software, you are no longer limited to AOL s email features, without having to give up your AOL email address. eMail2Pop does not require America Online to be installed on your computer - all you need is a valid AOL account.

PowerTools Professional for AOL is a set of powerful tools and utilities for using America Online s interactive service more productively and enjoyably. PowerTools fully integrates into the AOL toolbar by providing fully customizable toolbars and custom menus, and is packed with dozens of useful and fun features, such as an enhanced Address Book, colored chat rooms, single tabbed Instant Message window including an Auto-Answer feature, Wav Manager and Wav Player, Custom Editor and more. Compatible with AOL 8.0.

Extreme Messenger enhances the basic AOL Instant Messenger interface. It allows you to customize the look of your buddy list and automatically log your IM and chat conversations. In addition, you can use color fade effects in your chats and choose from more than 1550 different smileys. Additional features include IM popup alerts, keyword alerts, scheduled away messages and more.

Garbage Man is an e-mail filter add-on for America Online. Garbage Man integrates with AOL software to provide enhanced mail control capabilities. With high efficiency, fully customizable filters, Garbage Man takes out unsolicited smut and junk e-mail, returning convenience to your online experience. Only for AOL 4/5.