RE: How big should an Email address field be?

Buck,

Thanks.  My reason for wanting to keep it smaller isn't disk space, 
but screen real-estate.  Perhaps I'll allow 30-40 characters on the 
primary, but if needed, allow the user to enter a much larger one.

My guess is that 90% of the Email address will fit in a 30 character 
field.

Bob

-----Original Message-----
From:   Buck Calabro [SMTP:mcalabro@commsoft.net]
Sent:   Thursday, August 19, 1999 8:43 AM
To:     'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
Subject:        RE: How big should an Email address field be?

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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