[tablespoon]

> I wonder what they used instead of outlook

Maybe something like Pine? Even into Web 1.0 days, it was still pretty common for people to use. Everyone in my high school accessed their school-provided email account by telnetting into a Unix server and accessing Pine via a menu system.

[technicalbard]

I used elm before pine, on a terminal hooked to a Bull-Honeywell machine running Multics...

[pjmlp]

Ah that brings back memories.