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