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Subject: The length of a email address
From: Pat Barber <mboceanside@xxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:40:43 -0500
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I am developing an application that requires that I store a number of email addresses.

I have found several articles that discuss the maximum length but I am not really
sure what is the "correct" number.

Is 256 the maximum length for a typical email address ?

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