Looks like the ~delaroca page is gone. However, the IT version of Alpine can be found on the washington.edu pages. You'll need to have a way to unzip/untar the file. If you're trying to install a terminal-only e-mail client, I doubt this will be a problem for you

http://www.washington.edu/alpine/acquire/

taylork: Does adding an XTerm shortcut "<ctrl>m" and then using it to toggle mouse control work for you?