I've been told I'd probably like mutt better than pine, and may start shifting over to that eventually. elm is no longer officially supported, but it still works. Can't stand pine. I use Outlook at work, and when I absolutely need to do non-text mail at home there's always my mac.com account (although I try to only use it to send to trusted sorts, one of the benefits it has for me is that there's no spam on it yet).