Lion Server Webmail not working

Honestly, where to begin.
Put succinctly, I cannot receive or send email to anyone from any identity on my Lion Server webmail. I'm running 10.7.4. and using dyn.com as a dynamic IP address (I chose dyn-o-saur.com because my daughter loves dinosaurs) so my server name appears as "[servername].dyn-o-saur.com".
Yes, I can log in as different users, and they can send mail to each other.
But anyone else? No dice. And even curiouser, there is no "message delivery failed" message returning to outside senders, and if I send email from the server webmail to anybody on the outside, the server says "Message sent successfully". But emails don't seem to show up anywhere.
Things I have done:
• shut down and restarted server
• shut down Mail within Server app, restarted
• shut down Mail within Server Admin app, restarted
• shut down Mail within Server Admin app, reconfigured using the setup wizard, restarted
• checked all ports on my router (late 2011 Time Capsule), all are open according to canyouseeme.org
• the SSL certificate is Intermediate, and valid from namecheap.com (PositiveSSL CA 2) for POP, IMAP and STMP
• created an MX record for my server in Server Admin per general instructions
I've dug around for days, and apparently this might be a DNS Zone problem, but I'm not sure what else I can do. I've got 4 active zones, two of which are primary (one for the server, and one for the local computer), so maybe there's a problem there? I've included this screenshot (my server ID blurred for privacy):
I've had too many SSL Certificate problems to count - and wiped my hard drive clean and re-installed Lion Server three times, and STILL I can't get my Trust Profile on any of the devices to appear as "signed" (despite buying two entirely different SSLs from namecheap and godaddy) but maybe I'll save that question for another day, unless it somehow is also webmail-related.
Any help or advice would be so, so appreciated. Thanks!

So I found the culprit... dyn.com had not updated my dynamic IP address, so I had to do it on their website manually. Then everything started working again.
Also, the previously untrusted/unsigned SSL certificates for my mobile devices suddenly became signed and verified again once I deleted them (via the Profiles tab in Settings) and signed them up again, installing the Trust Profile first (via the /mydevices page on the server).
I was also able to verify my laptop's SSL certificate by re-installing the Trust Profile ON TOP of the old one. I did not delete it first, as the last time I did that, I was unable to install any of the server profiles.
So in a way, the question is answered. Until the next issue.

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