Ray I signed up for an AIM account at the address below. https://reg.my.screenname.aol.com/_cqr/registration/ initRegistration.psp? mcState=initialized&seamless=n&createSn=1&sitedomain=www.aim.com&siteSta te=http%3A//www.aim.com/get_aim/ congratsd2.adp&triedAimAuth=y&promo=380464&mcAuth=% 2FBcAG0WWlAMAAK9NARUpm0WWlD8IAtctk%2BwOY1oAAA%3D%3D It works okay for me. It's a great way to communicate with the family once it's hooked up. Crandall Benson On 30-Dec-06, at 9:57 AM, ray wheeler wrote: > Hello muglo! > > New mac is tres cool. Been trying to set up ichat "gratis" through > AOL so I can ichat with my family, but it is turning out to be not so > easy. Getting my email access didn't seem to work when I went through > the on screen prompts. very helpful person from ma Bell got it > ironed out. but the aol site kept telling me to enter my screen name > without any spaces. There weren't. Any suggestions? > ----------------------------------------------------------- > For information about MUGLO: http://www.freewebs.com/muglo > ----------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- For information about MUGLO: http://www.freewebs.com/muglo -----------------------------------------------------------