Subj : Local vs Network message boards
To   : Blue White
From : Accession
Date : Sat May 04 2024 17:36:56

Hello Blue White ->,

On Sat, 4 May 2024 20:17:10 -0500, you wrote:

 BW> It truncates it now.  Back then, most of the BBSes I used it with only
 BW> allowed subjects of 24-30 characters even when you were posting directly
 BW> on the boards.  I only remember seeing BBSes that allowed longer after it
 BW> became popular for BBSes to carry Usenet, which allowed subjects long
 BW> enough for a poster to include their whole message in them.  ;)

According to the FTSC documentation the subject should be limited to 71 characters.

I do see your point, though. I'm using Thunderbird via nntp during this writing and it looks like I can put as many characters as I want in the subject (which is kind of dumb, but whatever).

Regards,
Nick

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