I thought I would post this oft overlooked fact. If you have an unlimited text plan (T-Mobile USA here) You can sign in to AIM via SMS using AIM TXT.

This is helpful if you don't want to run a stateful connection. Send a message to 246246 with text of

login aim_name aim_password

More info here: http://mobile.aol.com/aolproducts/aimtxt

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