Basic vs standard

If you manually select the link to use the Basic version, you should be directed there after login in subsequent sessions.

Unfortunately my colleague is not quite correct. There are two ways to make this a "sticky" experience.

1) You can just always go directly to "http://basic.webmail.aol.com"

2) You can click on "Accessible version" - this makes it sticky. This version is the same as "Basic" - but it will also turn off the Rich Text Editor (which you can enable in settings again).

I recommend using option 1.