Is there a limit as to the number of character for the name of a mailing list?
Hi,
Is there a limit as to the number of character one can put in for the name of a mailing list?Is there a limit as to the number of character one can put in for a member or subscriber of a mailing list? e.g "ColsDispatch: GILSON, Nancy; Arts Editor" ngilson@dispatch.com<mailto:ngilson@dispatch.com>
Thanks.
Yuan Ma
- Is there a limit as to the number of character one can put in for the name of a mailing list?
The only real limit for a list name is what seems reasonable. For instance, you probably do not want to have a list address such as "this-is-a-list-about-toad-the-wet-sprocket-playing-music-with-electric-light-orchestra-and-the-beatles-mailing-list-ml", because, well, that's really incredibly long - not to mention a little redundant. =) (Or, in a nutshell, the list name should be descriptive, but short.)
As to the addresses, I know the names and addresses are semi separate - and as near as I can tell, it's only limited by how long an address can be. I don't remember what that limit is.
-Dennis
Ma, Yuan wrote:
Is there a limit as to the number of character one can put in for the name of a mailing list?
Not as far as Mailman is concerned, but list names are also filenames in the file system which your OS may limit, and listname-unsubscribe is the local part of an email address and your MTA may limit that.
Is there a limit as to the number of character one can put in for a member or subscriber of a mailing list? e.g "ColsDispatch: GILSON, Nancy; Arts Editor" <ngilson@dispatch.com>
Again, Mailman puts no limit on the length of a user's real_name (display name) nor the length of an email address.
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