>>  LL> Arbitrary number.  I scanned FidoNet.NA and found the
 >>  LL> longest AREA name was 16 and I expanded on that a bit.

 >> How about comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.turbovision?

 >       What about it?  I told Jan how I came up with that number.  That news
 > group is not part of FidoNet.NA (9-4-94 00:31).

Who says
"my.echo.with.a.very.long.long.long.long.name.dedicated.to.spam"
won't be added to FIDONET.NA in the future?

Why are you only looking at FIDONET.NA in particular?  There are many other
FTN networks spanned around the globe.

I could ask many other questions but I don't think I'll bother.  Suffice to
say that I believe limiting fields that were once unlimited is, IMO, a step
backwards.


ZeeYa...
Andrew.

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