It's almost unthinkable to me that you consider/ed gmail to be better. mutt was miles ahead of gmail already back then, and the difference just grew with the various gmail redesigns.
I'd like to know why you gave it up for gmail.
Is it because of the way terminal programs look?
I know it's all opinion but I find I quite like using html mail and not having to worry about configuring a bunch of stuff on Gmail to get done what I want to do. As far as search it has always been sufficient and the speed is okay for what I do, I rarely get more than 10-20 emails a day.
I'd like to know why you gave it up for gmail. Is it because of the way terminal programs look?