RE: How big should an Email address field be? -- MIDRANGE-L

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Bob,
Looking at RFC821 (SMTP), it looks like the maximum email path length is 256
characters.  There may be other RFCs that apply, but I'd start there. 
http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/htbin/rfc/rfc821.html

Buck Calabro

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Crothers 
> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 6:31 PM
> To:   'Midrange List'
> Subject:      How big should an Email address field be?
> 
> Opinion time.  How big should an Email address field be?  I know 30 is 
> to small.  is 64 large enough?  I suspect anybody who has one that is 
> 128 should get a life & a new ISP.
> 
> What do you think?
> 
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