Subj : Echo Tag Length
To   : Michael Dukelsky
From : Rob Swindell
Date : Sat Nov 21 2020 17:34:33

  Re: Echo Tag Length
  By: Michael Dukelsky to Paul Hayton on Sat Nov 21 2020 12:50 pm

 > Hello Paul,
 >
 > Saturday November 21 2020, Paul Hayton wrote to Michael Dukelsky:
 >
 >  PH> On 20 Nov 2020 at 01:23p, Michael Dukelsky pondered and said...
 >
 >  MD>>  PH> What is the maximum echo tag length that HPT can handle?
 >  MD>> Sorry for the long delay, could not answer earlier.
 >  MD>> An echo tag cannot be longer than 60 bytes.
 >  PH> Thanks so 60 characters including spaces - is that right?
 >
 > No, 60 or less ASCII characters with decimal code >=33 and <=126. So tab,
 > space, carriage return and new line are not allowed.

I wonder what official maximum length of an area/echo tag (a.k.a. conference id) actually is.

From echobase.hlp:
     Tagname (TAG)       - The echo's areatag.  May be up to 35
                           characters in length.
     Title (TITL)        - A short description title that briefly
                           describes the echo.  This may be 55
                           characters in length.

If anyone has a more official reference, I'd be curious to read it. Thanks,
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