It's that easy. You can forward your mail with them or keep it web-based if you are planning to be away from home. It comes in English or Swedish, and forwards your email or leaves it on their website for you. AOL members can't really use mail forwarding as well. But there are other solutions below, which will work.
Web based email is very popular now.
And there are good reasons for this. You can pick up your email at any computer, anywhere. All you need is to be a member of one of those systems, and use it as your email address. If you want your child to have their own email address and your ISP only gives you one, then set them up a free web based email address. If you want an email system that has a calendar, to do lists, and more, there are web-based systems for you, too.