I am on AOL as well, and I am absolutely sure they do not remove your "saved on my computer" files, because I still have my AOL 5.0 on my computer and it has mail in it from 1999! I would suggest that you check to see if you upgraded your AOL program and didn't move your organize files. To check this, go to Start>My Computer>C:>Programs and see how many AOL programs you have. You can open each of them and look for the AOL symbol, the "spinner". Right click on it - one click only - and tell it to make you a short cut. Give the short cut a special name like "AOL1" and move it to the desk top. That way you can double click it on the desk top and see if it will load up and then go on line and see if your mail is in one of them. If it is there, you can print it or do a copy/paste into a new mail and send it to yourself. The notation that they will only save new mail for 27 days is under "preferences". That has been effect quite a long time. If you have AOL 9.0, there is an option to set up folders and save your mail to AOL or save them to your PC in folders. The "save to AOL" has quite a bit of space in it, and it doesn't slow you down when you sign on. You may want to have one for legal. BTW, there is an AOL roots web list, where you can chat about your AOL problems.