Question: is aol still around for email?
Answer: It is based on technology from MailBlocks, which AOL acquired in 2004. ... As of July 2012, there were 24 million AOL Mail users. On March 16, 2017, Verizon, which had acquired AOL in 2015, announced that it would discontinue its in-house email services for internet subscribers, and migrate all customers to AOL Mail.