DR MBarnum - Since you store your mail online, you could also just use AOL.com for your e-mail needs.
Well, AOL stores it on-line for me.
AOL is now totally an internet-based service. The AOL
program simply aids in logging you into their site, their servers which is where your mail is sent, received and stored. You are accessing the same servers whether you log in via AOL (the program) or via AOL.com. -The interfaces are just different.
You will NOT lose any ONLINE-stored mail by switching to using AOL.com to access your mail. In fact, if you go to AOL.com, click on the Mail icon, log in, you should see a folder for "Saved Mail" in the left hand column once your "mailbox" comes up.
*And, remember, glitches do happen, so it's always best to archive any important emails on/to your hard drive. I've heard horror stories of people losing their online content due to some cyber-accident and/or an accidental clicking of the wrong button on their mailbox's page.