I don't think I knew that Prodigy was big for fandom, unfortunately. Maybe it was more expensive, or I just didn't have the means to try different ones since money was always very tight.

The truth is, I've tried different emails over the years. Either they go away, or I lose my password and can't seem reset it, or even more complicated issues where I end up losing access (Outlook continues to tell me my credentials aren't updated and updating them doesn't stick). AOL is the only one that's been consistently reliable, so I always end up going back to it. The cell phone app is pretty great too, IMO.