Kay, If I understand you correctly, your "connection service" is changing to a broadband (always "online") service. So, you can access AOL either by (1) opening the software and signing onto AOL via the new broadband or (2) opening your browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, whatever) and going to www dot aol dot com, signin, and open your mail. Your AOL mail will look the same. Web AOL has slight differences. You can also choose to add something like gmail (www.google.com and go to the mail link to sign up ). It's free. It holds thousands upon thousands of mail for *forever*. gmail has "auto" sorting of mail so, for example, it can sort RW Mailing List mails as they arrive to your box. Set up and using the mail is easy. If I had more time, I'd switch ALL my mail to gmail. Judy On 7/30/08, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > I have some real basic/dumb questions about switching service. I have never > used anything except AOL for my carrier and email. I am changing to ATT DSL > Friday. What d I need to do or be aware of? > > I would still like to use AOL for my email service. Will this be any > different from webmail?