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Re: [Nmh-workers] Length of the display name of an Email Address
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David Levine |
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Re: [Nmh-workers] Length of the display name of an Email Address |
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Mon, 05 May 2014 22:38:18 -0400 |
> As for a practial limit ... good question! I would guess that anything
> over a kilobyte would be asking for trouble.
The RFC 5322 limit of 998 characters (excluding the trailing CRLF)
in a line would apply here, I believe. A variable amount of that
would be available for the display name, taking into account the
field name, punctation, and the real address(es).
David