Hello Paul,

Tuesday November 24 2020, Paul Hayton wrote to Michael Dukelsky:

 MD>>  MD>>  PH> What is the maximum echo tag length that HPT can
 MD>> handle?
 MD>>  MD>> Sorry for the long delay, could not answer earlier.
 MD>>  MD>> An echo tag cannot be longer than 60 bytes.
 MD>>  PH> Thanks so 60 characters including spaces - is that right?
 MD>>
 MD>> No, 60 or less ASCII characters with decimal code >=33 and <=126.
 MD>> So tab, space, carriage return and new line are not allowed.
 PH> Could a provision be made to optionally extend this length further if
 PH> someone using HPT wanted to run longer tag lengths?

I don't think this is a good idea, because if some sysops increase the maximum
areatag length for some echo while others do not, the latter will not be able
to receive the echo.

Michael

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