A 2011 Hunch Blog article revealed just how far AOL Mail had fallen over the course of a decade. "Unless you have a custom domain connected to an elite alma mater or a professional website that hiring managers will find irresistible, Gmail is preferred," the post reads. Some career guides still warn against using an AOL email address on your resume.

The service is sometimes referred to as AIM Mail where AIM stands for AOL Instant Messenger which is AOL… The program will still function until then but after that, users won’t be able to sign in and all data will be deleted.

AOL says people with an aim.com email address will still be able to use it. At its peak around 2000, AOL boasted more than 23 million subscribers across the U.S., while its competitor EarthLink had around 3 million. While a few companies deployed free email services in the late 1990s, it wasn’t until 2004 that Google launched free email with what was then an unfathomable one GB of online storage. Most paid around $20 per month for email and dial-up. AOL Mail is a free web-based email (webmail) service provided by AOL.

@davidsco27 @capitals08 @AOL Bigger issue, you still use AOL Mail 2020-05-27 13:57:45 @graemehistory AOL mail update - it would appear I can get AOL emails on my phone but not ipad.