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to: Rob Swindell
from: Ward Dossche
date: 2019-08-26 01:53:24
subject: Re: Max subject length: 71 or 72 chars?

Hi Rob,
 
RS> But again, it should be made clear that the "72 bytes"
here includes the
RS> required null terminator, so a message subject is in fact limited to a
RS> maxmimum length of 71 characters.
 
From my point of view you were cherry-picking, probably involuntary, from
sections B1 and C1. They're 2 different kinds of beast.
 
And do you also know where the "71" comes from ?
 
 \%/{at}rd

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