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. :-)

Please be aware that this "discussion" is nothing more than a single message by 
a single person...

Ward
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