Victor Duchovni:
> Because I am not thinking about normal loads that don't matter. One
> needs to survive hostile loads.
>
> > > LDAP tables are supported and not discouraged, but high volume sites
> > > may want to dedicate some LDAP replicas to MTA queries.
> >
> > I'm not discouraging anyone from using LDAP queries. I merely made the
> > case that many times RAV is a better choice, and stated some reasons why.
>
> The reasons are not valid under hostile conditions.
Stan, if your server is connected to the internet, then your worst
case will become your common case.
Therefore it is a mistake to optimize the common case.
Wietse