Howdy. I have a way to keep your messages from going away. Forward then to your Yahoo mail. If you don't have an Yahoo mail, you should certainly have one. This are also FREE. Then if you should lose your computer etc. or you need to get them when your somewhere else, you can just go to your Yahoo mail from the library etc and they are there. AOL has dumped then after 27 days or so for a very long time as I recall. Also if you get too many messages it will quit accepting them. I have AOL but for sure there are some things I do not like about it. I pay $17.95 for unlimited use. I know alot of people are still paying more. I guess I've been with then so long I hate to get another ISP. Wally