Transfer AOL address book to Mail and........

I tried following the HELP instruction (GREEK!) and got about 1/10 of the addresses across. I'm only trying to switch to mail because AOL Desktop is crap and still doesn't work right for MACs and AOL is no longer supporting their OLD version because, I suppose, they couldn't fill up the page with pop up ads and the latest garbage about which jerk in Hollywood was doing what to whom.
IMO Mail is really klugy and there is no decent concise (dare I say) written instructions for installing it and swapping you old ISP settings, info, preference etc. into it. But I am old and slow (first MAC was an Apple II) so some simple advice would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance
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Hi rootmanslim!
You can still use AOL For Mac OSX version 10.3.7.
It can be downloaded from here AOL Downloads For Mac.
In the All-In-One Software column look for the legacy software link and click on that.
I am still using it for the Mail feature as I prefer it over Apple Mail.
ali b

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