* Luis Mochan <moc...@fis.unam.mx> [07-26-12 22:25]:
> I receive my email at a desktop in my office and I access it through
> mutt at my office and remotely through my laptop using IMAP.  Thus, I
> have configuration files at my desktop and at my laptop.  However, there
> are parts of the configuration which should be identical, such as my
> list of alias and a few macros.  Having several copies yields occasional
> inconsistencies.  Is there a reasonable way to keep some configuration
> files at my office and source them remotely from my laptop when I start
> mutt?  Similarly, I would like to be able to update the files at my
> office when I define a new alias at my laptop.  An alternative would be
> to use a revision control system to update and synchronize the relevant
> files among my computers, but I wonder if there is a simpler solution.

I have my mail and mutt on a server and remotely access it so there is
only one place for configuration files and ....  I open a tmux session,
similar to screen, and remotely access that tmux session from where-ever. 
I even read my mail on site from another computer.  

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