Subj : Max subject length: 71 or 72 chars?
To   : Rob Swindell
From : Andrew Leary
Date : 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.

Andrew

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