Subj : Max subject length: 71 or 72 chars?
To   : Andrew Leary
From : Rob Swindell
Date : Fri Aug 23 2019 08:58 pm

 Re: Max subject length: 71 or 72 chars?
 By: Andrew Leary to Rob Swindell on Fri Aug 23 2019 08:09 am

> Hello Rob!
>
> 18 Aug 19 17:37, you wrote to all:
>
>  RS> Synchronet and SBBSecho has always treated the to, from, and subject
>  RS> fields in FidoNet "Stored Messages" (*.msg files) and "Packed
>  RS> Messages" (those contained in type 2 packets) as null-terminated
>  RS> strings with a maximum *usable* length of 35 characters for the "to"
>  RS> and "from" and a maximum *usable* length of 71 characters for the
>  RS> "subject".
>
> After discussion in the FTSC echo, it is the FTSC's position that this is
> the correct interpretation of FTS-0001.016.  These fields must be
> null-terminated, and the length specified includes the required NUL (0x00)
> byte.

Cool. Let's document that position. :-)