RE: Email address length -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: RE: Email address length
From: "Reggie Acosta" <racosta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 11:41:58 -0700
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See RFC2821 and RFC2822

   local-part
      The maximum total length of a user name or other local-part is 64
      characters.

   domain
      The maximum total length of a domain name or number is 255
      characters.

 
> 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?

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Follow-Ups:

RE: Email address length , Jeff Crosby
RE: Email address length , Scott Klement

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