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From: Ralf Hildebrandt (news-list.postfix.usersinnominate.de)
Date: Fri Feb 02 2001 - 11:03:27 CST

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    On 2 Feb 2001 16:22:35 +0100, Steve Heaven <infothornet.co.uk> wrote:
    >What do the RFCs have to say about the maximum length for an email address?
    >
    >We have a client who get a daily email with a sender like:
    >cjogYm91bmNlCVM6IDAwMG9nVC0wMDBBS24tOTE=1eadc9212c32adee3e1f899f5b76c7f2ale
    >rts.XXXXXXX.com
    >
    >Postfix handles it OK, but it plays havoc with our report formatting !

    From RFC 821:

    path

    The maximum total length of a reverse-path or forward-path is 256 characters
    (including the punctuation and element separators). 

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