email edit

[Mike Schwartz]

> have been using 40 char for e-mail address for over 7 years with no
> problems ever RegardsRoland FischerEPC Associates
> 
> 
>       From: Fairlight via Filepro-list <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
>  To: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
>  Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 4:07 PM
>  Subject: Re: email edit
> 
> Maximum length of a domain name alone is 253 characters.  And on modern
> systems, you can't count on 8-char limits to usernames.  40 seems optimistic
> in preventing failure/data loss.  I'd allocate 256, myself.
> 
> m->

     Now let's not tempt anybody on the list to come up with some 253 character domains solely for the purpose of breaking things...  <grin>

Mike Schwartz