Tue, 16 Aug 1994 20:30:30 +0200
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On Tue, 16 Aug 1994 12:21:17 CST Bill Harvey <[log in to unmask]> said:
>Bottom line is that a subscriber's address can have up to 80
>characters, but to get that address on a subscribe command you have to
>have a MUA that can handle >80 characters per line; and the same with
>all MTAs between LISTSERV and the sender of the command.
You don't *have* to, you can use a continuation line:
// ADD SOMELIST Joe X.400 user </ADMD=dsfhjkdjfgklfdjhkdfhkjgdfhjkgdfhjk@x40,
//+ 0.xyz.com>
But the question was whether LISTSERV would do it if it received a
one-line request longer than 80, and the answer is yes. Whether or not it
actually gets a single long line if the list owner types a single long
line is indeed another can of worms.
>The unfortunate part is that LISTSERV (at least 1.7f) truncates the
>address to 80 when it adds it to the LIST file, and then sends the "You
>have been added" message to the original address. So you don't realize
>that the address has been damaged until your list processes the next
>post.
1.8a tells you that your address is too long, and doesn't add the entry.
Eric
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