diff --git a/mutt/account-gnu b/mutt/account-gnu
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+# Mike Gerwitz personal mutt configuration
+#
+#  Copyright (C) 2014 Mike Gerwitz
+#
+#  Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are
+#  permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice and
+#  this notice are preserved. This file is offered as-is, without warranty
+#  of any kind.
+#
+# I fetch all mail from my GNU account onto my mailserver, but replies
+# should always go through fencepost.
+
+source ~/.mutt/account-personal
+
+set from="mikegerwitz@gnu.org"
+set smtp_url="smtp://mikegerwitz@fencepost.gnu.org"'
+set smtp_pass="`~/.mutt/get-passwd gnu`"
+
+# toggle
+macro index \cp ":source ~/.mutt/account-personal<return>"
+
+# make it clear we're using GNU settings
+color indicator default green
diff --git a/mutt/account-personal b/mutt/account-personal
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+# Mike Gerwitz personal mutt configuration
+#
+#  Copyright (C) 2014 Mike Gerwitz
+#
+#  Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are
+#  permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice and
+#  this notice are preserved. This file is offered as-is, without warranty
+#  of any kind.
+#
+# These are the settings for my general-purpose *@mikegerwitz.com e-mail.
+
+set from="mike@mikegerwitz.com"
+
+set imap_user="mike@mikegerwitz.com"
+set imap_pass="`~/.mutt/get-passwd personal`"
+set imap_authenticators="digest-md5:cram-md5:login"
+set smtp_url="smtp://$imap_user:$imap_pass@mail.mikegerwitz.com"'
+set folder='imaps://mail.mikegerwitz.com/'
+
+# keep everything on the server for reference
+set spoolfile="=INBOX"
+set record="=Sent"
+set postponed="=Drafts"
+
+# toggle
+macro index \cP ":source ~/.mutt/account-gnu<return>"
+
+# make it clear that we're using personal settings
+color indicator default blue
diff --git a/mutt/get-passwd b/mutt/get-passwd
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+#!/bin/sh
+# Retrieves an account password
+#
+#  Copyright (C) 2014 Mike Gerwitz
+#
+#  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#  (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+##
+
+test -r ~/.gnupg/.agent && . ~/.gnupg/.agent
+
+# this will silently decrypt and retrieve the password if the agent is
+# running (which is ideally the case so as not to screw with mutt's
+# rendering)
+gpg --batch --decrypt ~/.mutt/passwd.gpg 2>/dev/null \
+  | grep "^$1" \
+  | awk '{ print $2 }'
diff --git a/mutt/theme b/mutt/theme
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+# Mike Gerwitz personal mutt color configuration
+#
+#  Copyright (C) 2014 Mike Gerwitz
+#
+#  Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are
+#  permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice and
+#  this notice are preserved. This file is offered as-is, without warranty
+#  of any kind.
+#
+# This file expects that the referenced groups will be defined elsewhere;
+# for example, I define many of them in a private `contacts' configuration
+# file that I keep out of the repository to protect the privacy of myself
+# and those referenced in the file.
+
+color normal     default default
+color hdrdefault cyan    default
+color signature  green   default
+color attachment yellow  default
+color quoted     green   default
+color quoted1    white   default
+color tilde      blue    default
+color indicator  default blue
+color tree       magenta default
+
+color index red default '~F'
+color index brightblue default '~U'
+color index brightred default '~U~F'
+
+# stuff that needs my attention
+set my_attnpat="(%f attn)"
+color index yellow default "$my_attnpat"
+color index brightyellow default "$my_attnpat ~U"
+
+# programming/technology related; note that GNU below overrides
+set my_tpat="(%f gnu | %f fsf | %C gnu | %C fsf | %f tech)"
+color index magenta default "$my_tpat"
+color index brightmagenta default "$my_tpat ~U"
+
+# point out GNU account e-mails
+set my_gnupat="(~C 'mikegerwitz@gnu.org' | ~h '^Envelope-to: mikegerwitz@gnu.org$')"
+color index green default "$my_gnupat"
+color index brightgreen default "$my_gnupat ~U"
diff --git a/muttrc b/muttrc
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+# Mike Gerwitz personal mutt configuration
+#
+#  Copyright (C) 2014 Mike Gerwitz
+#
+#  Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are
+#  permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice and
+#  this notice are preserved. This file is offered as-is, without warranty
+#  of any kind.
+
+set realname="Mike Gerwitz"
+
+# caches dramatically speed up larger mailboxes
+set header_cache="~/.mutt/cache/headers"
+set message_cachedir="~/.mutt/cache/messages"
+set certificate_file="~/.mutt/certs"
+
+# every message I send is GPG-signed to assert my identity
+set pgp_sign_as=0x8EE30EAB
+set crypt_replysign
+set crypt_replyencrypt
+set crypt_autosign
+set crypt_autoencrypt
+set crypt_verify_sig
+
+# this is the default, but let's make it explicit for purposes of
+# documentation---I do not mass-sign e-mails, and the task of entering a
+# password does not add much to the time of composing an e-mail message
+set nopgp_use_gpg_agent
+
+# we're not using gpg-agent for a reason, so let's not entrust this task to
+# mutt either
+set pgp_timeout=1
+
+# force TLS
+set ssl_starttls
+set ssl_force_tls
+
+# spam my mailserver; that's fine.
+set noimap_passive
+
+# I have external e-mail indicators, but if I have my client open, don't
+# piss me off by having those indicators say I have new mail any having my
+# inbox not refresh quickly
+set mail_check=30
+
+# responsiveness
+set timeout=5
+set net_inc=5
+
+# header stuffs
+set use_from=yes
+set edit_headers=yes
+my_hdr X-URL: http://mikegerwitz.com
+
+# get rid of the obnoxious line wrapping markers, which makes it especially
+# inconvenient to copy text from the terminal when people decide to be
+# inconsiderate with their line length
+set nomarkers
+
+# let's fit some more text on the page and ensure that rude lines (long) are
+# wrapped
+set print_command="fold -s -w120 | lpr -o cpi=15 -o lpi=9"
+
+# spelling should always be enabled for composition
+set editor="vim -c \"set spell spelllang=en\""
+
+# minor modification to default style to add author to the very right, which
+# is useful for mailing lists
+set index_format="%4C %Z %{%b %d} %-15.15L (%?l?%4l&%4c?) %s %> %F"
+
+# self
+alternates -group self .*@mikegerwitz.com mikegerwitz@gnu.org
+alias me Mike Gerwitz <mike@mikegerwitz.com>
+alias -group gnuself me-gnu Mike Gerwitz <mikegerwitz@gnu.org>
+
+# default to personal account and automatically switch to GNU account if it
+# is mentioned
+source ~/.mutt/account-personal
+message-hook "%C gnuself" "source ~/.mutt/account-gnu"
+
+source ~/.mutt/theme
+
+# load system-specific configuration
+source ~/.mutt/local