Re: Suggestions please: names for function cachability

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Thomas Lockhart <thomas@fourpalms.org>
Cc: mlw <markw@mohawksoft.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2002-04-03T16:57:26Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Thomas Lockhart <thomas@fourpalms.org> writes:
> That said, I'd like to block some spam myself. I'd rather find a spam
> list which doesn't already have me disallowed however...

In case it makes you feel better: my *own* address was on the 510sg list
for awhile last month.  But I still use the list ;-).  Nothing to stop
you from using some less-aggressive list though; see
http://relays.osirusoft.com/ for links to a dozen or more possibilities.

In practice, any DNSBL list can cause denial-of-service problems.
(The original and still most conservatively run one, MAPS RBL, had a
memorable episode where someone put 127.0.0.1 into the blacklist for
a few hours...)  I deal with this by installing local whitelist
exceptions for people I talk to regularly.  Otherwise, there's always
the mailing lists.

			regards, tom lane