> In my ruleset, I've only defined a table for a huge list of IP addresses > belonging to adservers. I've no doubt that a table will perform better > than a list in this case. > But when does a table begin to outperform a list? I imagine a list is > quicker when the list contains two or three items, but at what point > would it be more efficient to put the items into a table?
IIRC Daniel did tests about two years ago and the break-even point was about 6 addresses. That is what the optimizer uses to merge similar rules into a single rule with a table. .mike