Missing some mail!

My Mail applications has suddenly and inexplicably started removing mail from my inbox after 1 month. I went through preferences and indeed have it set to NEVER delete mail. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance!

You’re welcome.
This is an AOL issue. Mail has no bearing on it. You’d have the same problem with any other IMAP mail client.
AOL automatically purges your mail from the server after some time, which causes the messages to disappear from Mail as well the next time Mail synchronizes with the server. There is nothing you can do about it other than moving/copying your messages somewhere else to avoid losing them. You may create custom local “On My Mac” mailboxes in Mail, for example, and move/copy your mail there manually or set up rules to do it automatically.
Also, AOL doesn’t let IMAP mail clients such as Mail to create or manage mailboxes at the root level of the account directory on the server, only as subfolders of Saved, which means you should turn OFF Store messages on the server for all the mailboxes in Mail > Preferences > Accounts > Mailbox Behaviors, so that Mail stores those mailboxes locally on your computer instead.
You may also want to read the following article. It’s somewhat outdated, but still useful to understand how AOL’s IMAP access works:
Accessing the AOL Mail System using IMAP - An Unofficial Guide

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