New to Servers - VPN, Email & Push ... How to setup server networking.

Hi,
I have 9 macs, 1 windows and no server. We are moving to the server for everything (files, email, addresses). At the moment everything is just local (e.g. no file sharing, email up on the cloud etc). The network is a simple wireless router.
We have configured the server as best we can, however, I am a little unsure how I should configure it ready for Push notification, Email and VPN.
Can the server sit behind the router/firewall etc and use port forwarding or should I send everything to the server and use the DHCP service? Right now I can access the server via an IP:port combo which is forwarded by the router.
I am also a little unsure on the domain name side - I have used maverick.local as our domain name but from what I have read for email and push services, I'll need to worry about reverse DNS, MX/As etc - should I be using a real domain name instead? e.g. maverick.mydomain.com and set up the IP at the registrar?
I would really appreciate a quick pointer or further reading. I am not an expert with networking and after reading two mac os x server books its still confusing me! lol.
Thanks,
Paul.

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