Setting up Mail service for first time

I am setting up an internal mail server for the first time. Some questions:
1) What should my domain and host names be listed as in Mail settings?
2) It appears that the mail is set up by the server as [email protected] How do I get the email addresses such that they don't include the 'server' part?
3) I am using a Time Capsule (similar to AEBS) as a router. Which ports do I need to open to allow mail service?
Thanks!

This is based on my observation not any documentation, so take it for what it is worth. The information that you changed determines what mail the email system will accept and pass on. It passes it on based on the shortnames and nothing else.
The email address that is listed in the account information on Server Preferences determines what shows up as "suggested finishes" when a user starts typing an address in while they are in mail.
The email address that is listed in the users Mail setup info on their machine determines what is shown as a return address when they send mail out. It will show what is there even if the return address has no chance of working.
If you delete all of your users on the server and then reenter them, they will be in correctly on the Server Preferences window, but they are still going to have to be changed on the users machines. I've had some problems with the old setup not working on a user machine even after putting something back in exactly the way it was before, resulting in the need to totally remove the account on the users machines mail setup and reenter it. I really think the quick way, which won't be very quick if you have a lot of accounts is to go into both the Server Preferences and manually change the address there, and they either send the users instructions on how to change it on their machines or go to the machine and change/help them change it there.
There may be a quick way, but I haven't found it.

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