A 2011 Hunch Blog article revealed just how far AOL Mail had fallen over the course of a decade. "Unless you have a custom domain connected to an elite alma mater or a professional website that hiring managers will find irresistible, Gmail is preferred," the post reads. "But job hunting with an AOL address? Leave that back in 1998."

The author also claimed to have found that AOL users in the early 2010s were "most likely to be overweight women, ages 35-64, who have a high school diploma and are spiritual, but not religious. They tend to be politically middle of the road, in a relationship of 10-plus years, and have children."

Despite AOL Mail’s decrease in popularity, Verizon Communications — which acquired AOL in 2015 for $4.4 billion — chose to keep the email provider over their own @verizon.net service.

As for why they shut down the feature, Verizon stated, "Over the years we realized that there are more capable email platforms out there. As a result, we made a decision to get out of the email business and focus our energies in providing you with the best in internet and TV experiences."

Though you might not have an AOL account anymore, you’ll never forget the sound that signaled a user logging in to Instant Messenger or the iconic "You’ve got mail," which is, thankfully, forever immortalized in the 1998 Tom Hanks/Meg Ryan rom-com classic. 

We do love a good trip down memory lane.