Aol Tricks
Many of these secrets were taken from a text file by Cowslive <http://cowslive.cjb.net/> and from a web site Gwin Online <http://www.flufffycow.hispeed.com./index.html>. Also note that many things here can get you tosed, use them at your own risk, and please, don't be lame! 
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¤ Chat Punt: This has just been discovered (very lame). Type < a href="file:///c:/con/con">click here</a> and it will punt every one in the chat that clicks the link. 

Chat Tricks

¤ Change Color of All The Links In Chat:
To order to change the color of all the links in the chat all you need to do is type in <body link=#FEFEFE> Then place the link. You can change the fefefe to and color you want. You can also change the color of the link after it has been clicked by adding one letter, It would look like this <body vlink=#FEFEFE> 
¤ Chat Clear That Works With AOL Works with 5.0 for all I know but may work with other versions
<font face="symbol">ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ<font face="arial">Text Here 
¤ Type Any Place On The Chat Line: Works for all versions of AOL
First You Must Make An Ascii Space, To Do This Hold Down ALT Then On The Number Pad Press 0160. Then You Can His The Space Bar As Many Yimes As You Want And Then You're Message. 
¤ Sending Blank Line To Chat: Works for all versions of AOL
Press The SPACE BAR One Time And Then Hold ALT And On The Number Pad Press 0160, Then Just Send To The Chat Room 
¤ Sounds: Works with AOL 3.0 - 5.0 
Type in {S "The Name Of The Sound," EX: {S IM Ones That Work: GOTMAIL FILEDONE, IM, BUDDYIN, BUDDYOUT, INACTIVE45, SYSTEMSTART, SYSTEMEXIT, WELCOME, GOTPICS, DROP, GOODBYE, YGP 
¤ Strike Through Text: Works with AOL 3.0 - 4.0
<s>"Put Your Text Between These Two Symbols"</s> 
¤ Show HTML In Chat Room: Works for AOL 4.0
This Shows All The HTML For The Person That Sends Something After You. Just Send </html></xmp> To the Chat Room. You Can Type Whatever You Want Befor It And It Will Show Up, But the Two Tags Wont. 
¤ Role Dice: Works for AOL 3.0 - 5.0
Tupe In //roll-sides "number"-dice "number 1-15" This Will Make Multiple Numbers, And It Will Be Said By The OnlineHost. 
¤ Private Room Bust: Works for all versions of AOL
Make A Short Cut Under Your Favorite Places With aol://2719:2-2-"room name" Then Keep Trying To Enter. 
¤ Member Room Bust: Works for all versions of AOL
Highlight Room Name And Keep Pressing ENTER 
¤ Freeze Chat Room 1:I dont belive it works any more
Make The Chat Room A Favorite Place And Keep Entering. 
¤ Sending Links Through Chat: Works with AOL 3.0 - 5.0
< a href="address of Site">Site name</a> Make Sure You Put In The Space Between '<' and 'a'. 

IM Tricks
¤ IM font really Big or really Small Works for AOL 4.0 and 5.0, but not sure about 3.0
Type <font ptsize="100">TEXT HERE</a> for big. Type <font ptsize="1">TEXT HERE</a>for small ,and anything in between will also work. 
¤ IMs On or Off: Works for all versions of AOL
Open Up A New IM, Put $im_off In The To: Box, And Whatever You Want in Message Box. To Turn Them On Again, Put $im_on In The To: Box. 
¤ IM Ignore: Works for all versions of AOL
Make A New IM Put And $im_off "The Full Screen Name Of The Person You Want To Ignore" Into The To: Box, And Four Letters In The Message Box. (EX: $IM_OFF IamIronblood) 
¤ IM Cloning: [You HAve To Be Talking For A While] Works for all versions of AOL
Hit Enter One Time, Copy And Pase The Persons Name, Change The Color To Blue, Then Press Tab And Then Change Your Text To They Type 
¤ Punting: [TIP: Ctrl + Enter will send an IM, Ctrl + V will paste] Works with AOL 3.0
Punters Don't Work, So I Am Not Going Into Much Depth, Just Send Someone A Lot Of Messed Up HTML Through IMs Really Fast. 
¤ Rainbow IM:
Send and IM with the following in the message box [paste it many times]: Works for all versions of AOL
</pre><html><Body BGCOLOR=#ffff00>
</pre><html><Body BGCOLOR=#ff0000>
</pre><html><Body BGCOLOR=#00ff00>
</pre><html><Body BGCOLOR=#000000>
</pre><html><Body BGCOLOR=#ffffff> 
¤ Center Text: Works with AOL 30 - 4.0
Right Click In The Text Area Of IM Box, Then Scroll Down To Justification And Click Center. You Can Also Change The Font At This Window. 
¤ View Link Address: Works with AOL 4.0 and 5.0
Highlight The Link, Press Control+C, Control+N, Control+V [A Notpad Like Window Will Come Up] The Press Cotrol+V And Then Double Click On The Blue Text. 
¤ Wavy Text IM:
Type <sub>"letter"</sub><sup>"letter"</sup>, Start Back Over At The Sub If You Need More Than Two Letters. 

Misc. Tricks
¤ Special Profile Colors And Stuff: Works for 3.0 - 5.0 (I think)
Change BackGround Color
< body . bgcolor=#000000> make sure you put a space before and after the peroid and after the <
Change Font Color
< font . color=#0000ff> make sure you put a space before and after the peroid and after the <
Change Font Size
< font . ptsize=14><u> make sure you put a space before and after the peroid and after the 
or 
(biggest) < H1>text 

(bigger) < H2>text 

(big) < H3>text 
MAke sure that you put a space after the <
Add Links Does it still work? You tell me
< a href= http://www.asdf.com> www.asdf.com (It has to be a small adress or AOL will mes it up by puting a space in it.)
New Catagory
Hit "Control + Backspace", this will make a  figure. After this, you can put a new catagory or use it as a space.
Change font face
< font . Face="arial"> make sure you put a space before and after the peroid and after the <
Change Alignment
< p . align right> or < p . align center> or < p . align left> make sure you put a space before and after the peroid and after the <

Color Flasher Not sure if it works any more, you may have to replace with updated html codes
Add this code in catagories "Your Name", "Location", and "Hobbies":
<u>body bgcolor=#000000>< html><u>body bgcolor=#0000ff>< html><u>body bgcolor=#000000>< html>
Some Color Codes
ff6008	ff00ff	00ff00	ffff00	f0f00f	
f00f00	0000ff	000000	0fffff	f99999	
9f9f9f	fff999	999fff	5f0f09	6f6f0f	
¤ See If Someone Is Ignoring You Or Ghosting: Works for all versions of AOL
If Someone Is Ignoring You With There Buddy List And You Think There Online Just Click On People, and Search AOL Member Derectories, And Type In There Screen Name, If you See A Red Arow Befor There Name Then They're Ignoring You. 
¤ BCC: [Blind carbon copy] Works for all versions of AOL
Put Perentheses Around Each Name In The TO Box, And The People You SEnd It To Will Only Get There Name in The To: Field. 
¤ Kill Wait: [gets rid of that hourglass] Works for all versions of AOL
4.0: Click On Help 3 Times And Then Drag Down To 'About America Online' And Then Click OK
3.0: Click On Mail 3 Times And Then Drag Down To 'Edit Address Book' And Then Click OK 
¤ UnPuntable: [Do only if you have Hexed before and if you have an uncorrupted copy of the file] Works with AOL 3.0
[3.0 only] This is kind of testy and should only be done if you really need to: open up your favorite hex editor and open the aolrick.aol file. And change all the FONTS to FINTS: This will mess up the HTML in your IMz, but you still can make them out [I did it and it worked but I stress caution] 
¤ Ghost: Works for all versions of AOL
Open Your Buddy List And Click On Setup, Then Click The Privacy Preferences Buttom, And Select 'Block all AOL members and AOL Instan Messenger users.' 
¤ ASCII:
In Windows, Click Start, Programs, Accessories, And Character Map, Then Copy What Ever You Want 
¤ Ctrl + N = AOL's "Note Pad" - HTML Sesitive. 
¤ Alt + SS = Sign Off 
¤ Alt + FE = Sign Off And Close AOL 
¤ Get Pics Of Cartoon Characters:
Type In The Cartoon Characters Name Backwords. EX: "yggahs" You Will Get A Pic Of Shaggy 
¤ Working Profile Punter: Does not work
This Will Create A General Protection Fault When Someone Looks At Your Profile. It Will Only Work If The Person Looking At Your Profile Is Using A 16 Bit Uersion Of AOL. (be sure to press the space bar once in the martial status box) (COPY EXACTLY)
Name: BlizzXX....................xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx??? LOL
City, State Country: Akron NY
Birthday: 11-15-76
Sex:male
Martial Stautus: (click spacebar once)
Hobbies: Ddd-Ddd-Ddd-Ddd-Ddd-Ddd-Ddd-Ddd-Parties-Ddd-Ddd-Computers-Ddd-And DDD!!!....Dddd dddddd dd dddd Ddd!! = )
Computers Used: Good........BYE!!
Occupation: GoodBye!! GoodBye GoodBye GoodBye!!!.....Good Bye...= )
Personal Quote: GoodBye........GoodBye......GoodBye.....GoodBye..GoodBye....=)~