Subj : Max subject length: 71 or 72 chars?
To : Rob Swindell
From : Ward Dossche
Date : Sat Aug 24 2019 11:38 am
>> 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.
RS> Cool. Let's document that position. :-)
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