(keitai-l) Re: keitai email address length

From: J. David Beutel <jdb_at_getsu.com>
Date: 08/05/03
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0308051343490.2439-100000@tokimi.getsu.com>
On Tue, 5 Aug 2003, Nick May wrote:

> ... it was simply "what is the maximum allowable length of a legal 
> keitai email address...."

RFC 2822 specifies the syntax for email addresses.  There's no maximum,
because a header can be "folded" across lines, like in this "example of a
long email address"@somewhere.net.  So the 998 character limit on line
length does not limit the address length.

But, I'd bet that a lot of software doesn't properly implement the
specification, including keitai.  And, of course, all keitai impose
arbitrary limits on their functionality.  Sorry, I don't know if that's
specified anywhere.

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Received on Tue Aug 5 07:50:55 2003