[SURBL-Discuss] Local RBL list?

Frank Ellermann nobody at xyzzy.claranet.de
Thu Jun 17 12:45:06 CEST 2004


Jose-Marcio.Martins at ensmp.fr wrote:

> this will have the secondary effect of disallowing you to see
> web pages on those sites. E.g., you you define at your hosts
> file : spammer.com, you can't no more access the URL
> http://spammer.com/index.html, as this will resolve to
> 127.0.0.2 (e.g.).

In theory he could define spammer.com.a.surbl.test 127.0.0.2
and use a.surbl.test like say sc.surbl.org minus TXT records.

I'm not sure about the performance effects on small systems,
my /etc/hosts is rather small (some "doubleclick" entries).

                        Bye, Frank




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