[johnbrain]

AOL was no help. I actually did that years ago with my Hotmail before the Live Mail software was released. But I had a paid premium account and MS restored my Inbox. I was impressed.

I was able to recover my wife's email by doing as stated above. Pulling my gmail into AOL mail. It created a new folder for it which cannot be "Moved" into the inbox but at least she has it and is not upset.

AOL is the only major email provider I know without automatic email forwarding.

We've had these addresses since the very early 90's so hard to get rid of. In fact with a Windows Phone my hotmail has been pretty good.