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+date: "2000-08-30T20:23:00Z"
+title: Mutt, Fetchmail, Oh My!
+---
+
+So I'm attempting to make the transition from
+<a href="">PINE</a> to
+<a href="http://www.mutt.org/">Mutt</a>.  Of course, in order to do
+that I had to set up
+<a href="http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/fetchmail/">Fetchmail</a>, and
+make a few minor changes to my existing
+<a href="http://www.procmail.org/">Procmail</a> setup.  I grabbed
+the existing muttrc file from
+<a href="http://www.linuxbrit.co.uk/">Tom Gilbert's page</a> and
+spent some time tweaking it a bit, and I think I've got things 
+kind of working (actually, I just sent my first non-test email
+about three minutes ago).  Here's what I think so far:  I really like
+Mutt a lot -- it's packed with features, completely configurable,
+and not actually that hard to get set up.  As for fetchmail, it's 
+GUI config program and config language are almost completely idiot
+proof.  The GUI probed my IMAP server and set everything up for me, 
+and it even caught a few stupid mistakes I made.
+<br /><br />
+
+Now the cons:  I've been using PINE for over 6 years, and switching
+to new keybindings is a bit of a jolting experience.  My setup for
+PINE wasn't perfect, but everything worked.  Normally I don't mind
+tweaking with programs to get them working "just the way I want it",
+but mail is one of those things I take for granted -- I just want it
+to work without tweaking.  Anyways, I felt the same way when I switched
+to <a href="http://www.vim.org/">VIM</a>, and I felt the same way
+when I switched to <a href="http://www.linux.com/">Linux</a>, and I
+know all this will pass.  The other thing that kind of concerns me
+is using fetchmail to redirect all my mail.  I'm used to using a
+shell account on the machine with my mail spool -- I haven't used
+POP3 or IMAP for at least 3 years.  I've heard horror stories of
+people's wacky mail-transfer setup blowing away weeks worth of email;
+I'd prefer not to go through that experience.  Anyways, I know
+there are several mutt pros who read this page -- feel free to
+drop me an email if you've got any  transition tips for me.
+<br /><br />
+
+Oh yeah, I finally got around to installing
+<a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GnuPG</a>, the free software 
+replacement for <a href="http://www.pgp.com/">PGP</a>.  I posted
+a new <a href="/pabskey.asc">public key</a>, and I committed it 
+to several keyservers around the world.  I don't have the
+information anymore to revoke my old PGP 2.6.2 key, but the 
+email addresses are different anyways:
+<a href="mailto:duncanpa@engr.orst.edu">duncanpa@engr.orst.edu</a> for
+the PGP 2.6.2 key and
+<a href="mailto:pabs@pablotron.org">pabs@pablotron.org</a> for the
+OpenPGP (eg GnuPGP) key. 
+<br /><br />
+
+Finally, I helped <a href="mailto:hammonss@ucs.orst.edu">Sean</a>
+install Linux on his home machine today.  Soon he will be a 
+linux h4x0r like the rest of us. :)
+