ISP-Hookup-HOWTO: Final words

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## 7. Final words

## 7.1 Other things I should know about?

- Various error messages in the system will normally be issued as internal email. To ensure that these will actually be read, one should create an /etc/aliases. Remember the command `newaliases` every time you change this. An example that should cover most eventualities is:

> `

>     PostMaster: root
>     ftp: root
>     news: root
>     usenet: root
>     FaxMaster: root
>     fax: root
>     WebMaster: root
>     MAILER.DAEMON: root

> `

- Many programs for Linux may be found at Sunsite, which is usually quite busy. But there are many mirrors and every time there is a reference to ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/.. one should try to use a mirror close to home, e.g. ftp://ftp.nvg.unit.no/pub/linux/sunsite/...
- If you happen to be migrating from Yarn it should be possible to convert these to standard folders using the yarn2mf available at:

`ftp://ftp.sol.no/user/egilk/yarn2mf.zip`

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