I have exactly the same problem with the same set up. It has been going on since AOL became the provider, and there is no way to turn off the spam folder. As I get no emails from the rats, I do not know if they would go to spam or not.
“I have exactly the same problem with the same set up. It has been going on since AOL became the provider”
Yes. Amd if you are like me, for whom I am a Verizon customer and only on AOL because that is where Verizon moved our Verizon Email, we are not “Paid” AOL customers so we get ZERO real technical support vis-a-vis Email.