Hi. We are sorry to hear about your loss! If the account has been inactive for more than 12 months, the mailbox was most likely purged. More info here: https://help.aol.com/articles/reasons-aol-deactivates-or-deletes-an-account  Once emails are being purged during the inactivity period of the account, they are deleted from the servers as well. While your recent login reactivated your account, the data deleted is not recoverable. To avoid this issue in the future, please make sure to access the account at mail.aol.com or the AOL app at least once a year.