Emacs, dotfiles, network

[Rick Crawford]

I'm a relative newcomer to Emacs.  At home I've got two computers,
basically a desktop and a server.  When I'm away from home I'm
generally connecting via ssh to the server, whereas at home I stick to
the desktop box.

So I'm starting to use features of emacs like the calendar and
todo-mode more and more.  The problem is that I have separate
calendar, todo, and diary files, a separate ~/.emacs and ~/.gnus file,
etc.

Does anyone have any suggestions to solve this problem?  Do any of you
simply use an NFS mount to share config files for machines across a
network?  Would using NIS to share a physical home directory be a
better way to go?  I'd love some advice from anyone who has experience
trying to share an emacs environment across a network.
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