Subj : Re: Echo Tag Length
To   : Paul Hayton
From : Rob Swindell
Date : Mon Nov 23 2020 22:18:54

  Re: Re: Echo Tag Length
  By: Paul Hayton to Michael Dukelsky on Tue Nov 24 2020 03:54 pm

 > On 21 Nov 2020 at 12:50p, Michael Dukelsky pondered and said...
 >
 >  MD>  MD>>  PH> What is the maximum echo tag length that HPT can handle?
 >  MD>  MD>> Sorry for the long delay, could not answer earlier.
 >  MD>  MD>> An echo tag cannot be longer than 60 bytes.
 >  MD>  PH> Thanks so 60 characters including spaces - is that right?
 >
 >  MD> No, 60 or less ASCII characters with decimal code >=33 and <=126. So
 >  MD> tab, space, carriage return and new line are not allowed.
 >
 > Thanks Michael.
 >
 > Could a provision be made to optionally extend this length further if
 > someone using HPT wanted to run longer tag lengths?

For interoperability with other software (e.g. SBBSecho), I would recommend keeping echo/area-tags at 35 characters or less.
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