For years I've been an avid Mutt user. I have a highly tweaked .muttrc with a lot of customizations (I'll post it soon, I swear). HTML mail gets dumped through lynx or w3c (I can't remember which). GPG and SMIME signing. Referencing additional files to allow easy migration between systems. Custom colors.
Then I got to work, and the amount of HTML mail I got made Mutt unattractive. Dumping through lynx or w3c works, but it is rarely readable. Delta and Southwest itineraries often were hard to follow. Messages that otherwise should be easy to read were line wrapped in odd ways, and just not practical. I figured with Outlook being the standard at HP I'd use something close so I could deal well with both formats. I picked Thunderbird. I've been really happy with it at work, it doesn't have great key-bindings, but got the job done.
Then I decided I was tired of managing my spam filters after DSpam broke again (6th times the charm, right?), and had SpamAssassin running. Some people spoke highly of Google Apps. Unfortunately there was no free way to transfer my old mail save it was bouncing it over. Or read it elsewhere without POP. Then they opened up IMAP. So now scottr.org mail is using a Google Apps. Gmail has good key-bindings, and I can use any other Mail client.
So why has mutt left? I discovered I don't need the rabid efficiency anymore. I only read two mailing lists, and I prefer to look comfortably at my Mail. So at work I use the Gmail interface (they block IMAP), and at home I use Apple Mail. I'll be reviewing Apple Mail in the next few days for those interested.
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