RE: How big should an Email address field be?

Larry,

The problem is not the database....it is on the screen.

In the Windows world, this is not a problem.  Text Box's will let you 
enter more than can be displayed.

Does anybody have any suggestions on how to handle this in the AS/400 
green screen world?

Bob

-----Original Message-----
From:   Larry Bolhuis [SMTP:lbolhui@ibm.net]
Sent:   Thursday, August 19, 1999 9:25 AM
To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject:        Re: How big should an Email address field be?

Bob,

 The longest email address that I know of is:

 this.space.intentially.left.blank@worldnet.att.net   (Yes I actually
know this guy!)

 32 chars is not enough but 64 SHOULD be Plenty.  Why not use a
variable length field?


 - Larry


Bob Crothers wrote:
>
> 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?
>
> Bob Crothers
>
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