RE: The length of a email address

["Morgan, Paul" <Paul.Morgan@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Pat,

According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_address#Syntax) which references the RFCs (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5321#section-4.5.3.1, http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5322#section-3.2.3, http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5322#section-3.4.1 ) you'd be safe with 254 but I'd go with 256 just to be sure.

Paul Morgan

Principal Programmer Analyst
IT Supply Chain/Replenishment

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pat Barber
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 10:41 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: The length of a email address

I am developing an application that requires that I store a number of 
email addresses.

I have found several articles that discuss the maximum length but I am 
not really
sure what is the "correct" number.

Is 256 the maximum length for a typical email address ?