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Question Advice needed setting up a barebones VPS

I just got a barebones VPS (Debian), I want to use this for the following:

-Email and Newsgroups (Using Alpine)
-IM (Using CenterIM)
-Webhost (using lighttpd)
-Private proxy (Using SSH port forwarding) (using Putty on my desktop)

So far I have installed:

-Lighttpd
-Bind9
-Postfix

1- Will the packages I have installed be enough to achieve what I want once I have configured them properly?


2- I have also noticed that attempting to use the VPS as a proxy with port forwarding does not work (nothing happens), I do not know if this is because I need to open some port on the VPS, I am using 8080, browsing with lynx/elinks works fine.

I am using Localport 5000 (which I have open) and remote port (8080) Maybe I need Bind9 configured for this to work I do not know.

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NAME
rpload - alpine remote data utility SYNTAX
rpload [ -f ] [ -s trimSize ] -t Type -l Local_file -r Remote_folder DESCRIPTION
Rpload may be used to convert local Alpine configuration files or address books into remote configurations or address books. It is intended to be used by system administrators. Regular users should normally use the facilities provided within Alpine. Local_file will usually be a user's alpine configuration file, and Remote_folder is the IMAP folder which will be used (with the help of Alpine's -p, -P, and -x commands or PINECONF, PINERC, and PINERCEX environment variables) as the user's remote configuration folder. A copy of Local_file will be placed in the folder with the correct header lines to satisfy Alpine. -f Force the load even if the remote folder is in the wrong format. This will delete the contents of the folder so use it carefully. -s trimSize If the number of messages in the remote folder is more than one plus trimsize (one is for the header message), then messages 2, 3, and so on will be deleted until there are only one plus trimsize messages left. If this option is not set no trimming will be done. -t Type The possible Types are pinerc, abook, and sig. (Sig is mostly obsolete. Literal signatures contained within the remote pinerc should be used instead.) -l Local_file The file on this system that is to be copied. -r Remote_folder A remote folder name to be copied to. See the Alpine documentation for the syntax of a remote folder name. One exam- ple is {my.imap.server}remote_pinerc. DIAGNOSTICS
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