* Jon Angliss <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > A user of mine is reporting that the addresses he's entering into teh> > To: and Cc: fields are being truncated, whenever he specifies a LOT of> > recipients. The truncation happens in the middle of an email address -> > that's why he's noticing that problem.> > > What is the upper bound for the number of characters one can fill into> > the To: and/or Cc: fields?> > We don't define a limit that I can find. However, that doesn't mean> that limits don't exist. For example, post values might have a maximum> length from the browser. Can you verify if the item in the sent> folder is truncated? Can you see how many characters the truncation> happens at? My user replied. Finally! Have a look:============ His to line was this (cut & paste for a file):hrabe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, hugo_katus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,lehrach@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, peter.lichter@xxxxxxx, s.schreiber@xxxxxxxxx,heribert.schunkert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, s.wiemann@xxxxxxx,wurst@xxxxxx, markus.noethen@xxxxxxxxxxx, m.riemenschneider@xxxxxxxxxx,b.korn@xxxxxxx, wichmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Which resulted in this message in the send folder: To: hrabe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, hugo_katus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, lehrach@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, peter.lichter@xxxxxxx, s.schreiber@xxxxxxxxx, heribert.schunkert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, s.wiemann@xxxxxxx, wurst@xxxxxx, markus.noethen@xxxxxxxxxxx, m.riemenschneider@l The list above is about 313 characters long The resulting To: line is about 264 (lose the spaces and you're quiteclose to a 2^8 limit)... -- Ralf Hildebrandt (i.A. des IT-Zentrums) Ralf.Hildebrandt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Tel. +49 (0)30-450 570-155Gemeinsame Einrichtung von FU- und HU-Berlin Fax. +49 (0)30-450 570-962IT-Zentrum Standort CBF send no mail to snickebo@xxxxxxxxxx -------------------------------------------------------------------------This SF.net email is sponsored by: MicrosoftDefy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008.http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/-----squirrelmail-users mailing listPosting guidelines: http://squirrelmail.org/postingguidelinesList address: squirrelmail-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.mail.squirrelmail.userList info (subscribe/unsubscribe/change options): https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users
