These posts are incorrect. AOL no longer forwards emails to other addresses (not even other AOL addresses)! (https://www.techwalla.com/articles/how-to-forward-aol-mail; http://www.justanswer.com/email/7l0qq-aol-email-automatically-forwarded.html)

However, there is a work around. Techwalla had this very helpful article.

Basically you have to have Google Mail forward you email for you. You add your something@aol.com email address to your gmail account (you will have to create one if you don’t have one).

1. In your Gmail account  click the settings cog wheel at the top right.
2. Click “Accounts and Import”
3. Click “Add a mail account you own” (a popup window will apprear)
4. Enter your AOL email address, click “Next Step”
5. Fill in your AOL username and password (username is youraccount@aol.com).
6. Check “Label Incoming Messages” to tag emails sent to your AOL address and help separate them from Gmail messages.
7. Before pressing “Add Account,” check “Leave a Copy…” if you want your AOL emails to appear both on Gmail and on the AOL website or AOL Desktop.

Then if you want to use a different email account (i.e. not Gmail) you can forward the Gmail account to another email.

1. In your Gmail account  click the settings cog wheel at the top right.
2. Click Forwarding and POP/IMAP
3. Click “Add a forwarding address”
4. Add your email address (not AOL or Gmail) and save.
5. Gmail will send that email a confirmation. Go to that account’s inbox and click the box to confirm the forward. This will open a browser window click confirm.
6. Now one more step… In the Forwarding and POP/IMAP section of Gmails settings you need to enable forwarding to the address by selecting the Forward a copy of incoming mail to yourforwardedemail@somewhere.com.
7. Click save. Now you will be able to get your email! 🙂