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List:       mutt-users
Subject:    Re: [Mutt] Long subject lines
From:       David Woodfall <dave () dawoodfall ! net>
Date:       2018-08-19 6:35:21
Message-ID: 20180819063521.GA7718 () blackswan
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On Sunday 19 August 2018 08:25,
Mihai Lazarescu <mtlagm@gmail.com> put forth the proposition:
> On Sunday, August 19, 2018 at 03:17:58 +0100, David Woodfall wrote:
>
> > Or is this a limitation of the RFC that subject lines need
> > to be under a certain length?
>
> Yes, RFC 5322.  Header lines cannot exceed 998 characters and should be folded at less than 78
> character per line:
>
>    https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5322#section-2.1.1
>
>    https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5322#section-2.2.3
>
> Mihai

Thanks.

Dave

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