Re: How big should an Email address field be?

[Larry Bolhuis <lbolhui@xxxxxxx>]

Bob,

 The longest email address that I know of is:

 this.space.intentially.left.blank@worldnet.att.net   (Yes I actually
know this guy!)

 32 chars is not enough but 64 SHOULD be Plenty.  Why not use a
variable length field?


 - Larry


Bob Crothers wrote:
> 
> Opinion time.  How big should an Email address field be?  I know 30 is
> to small.  is 64 large enough?  I suspect anybody who has one that is
> 128 should get a life & a new ISP.
> 
> What do you think?
> 
> Bob Crothers
> 
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