Email address length -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Email address length
From: "Jeff Crosby" <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 13:24:02 -0500
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Those of you who are storing email addresses for customers/vendors etc in
DB2/400 files:

What length are you allowing for email addresses?  I can put VARLEN in the
DDS to save space, but is there some maximum allowable email address size?

Opinions wanted and thanks.

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Re: Email address length , rob

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