dns propagation issue?

[Barry Margolin]

In article <aajmi9$gl9 at pub3.rc.vix.com>,
gaius.petronius <rut at linuxmail.org> wrote:
>named[1447]: starting BIND 9.1.0 -u named
>
>i added a new entry to my zone file
>the entry is for my smtp-auth server
>
>this was 18 hours ago

Did you remember to update the serial number so the change would propagate
to the slave servers?

>perhaps i am ignorant about DNS propagation
>can DNS servers choose to accept some names and reject others
>for example, can a DNS server choose to accept only MX and NS records
>and drop all other types?

No.  How would anyone access web sites, POP servers, FTP servers, etc.?

>Am i on the right track here?

Doesn't seem like it.  If you told us the real domain we might be able to
help.

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