>
> Is there a maximum allowable length of a subject line?
>
> I have some mail-merge emails that have very long subject
> lines and I always have to truncate them so that ListServ will process
them.  I
> use Outlook 2000 to send the job to ListServ.  Does anyone else have this
> problem, and is there a solution other than create shorter subject lines?
>

In a quick test of my Outlook 2000 client I found there was a hard limit of
255 characters that would fit in the field.  I sent it to three different
online accounts and all 255 characters appeared as it was sent.

Also, LISTSERV is highly RFC-compliant so another clue might be found in RFC
822 (which is the relevant one for Subject: headers).  Section 3.4.8
suggests that 'long' header fields are:

"...commonly interpreted to mean greater than 65 or 72 characters. The
former length serves as a limit, when the message is to be viewed on most
simple terminals which use simple display software; however, the limit is
not imposed by this standard."

It looks like shortening the subject is your best choice.

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