>This one should take the cake: > >[log in to unmask] > >Let's see; that's 56 characters. The authoritative answer to this is RFC 821 - the SMTP standard. The username can be up to 64 characters. The domain name can be up to 64 characters. Including the '@' symbol, that would be 129 characters. (The longest total "path" can be 256 characters. That is including the username, and old UUCP-style bangpaths. But very few people use this anymore, in favor of DNS MX record style routing, and mail forwarders. Routing is no longer really necessary.) -Dan .----------------------------------------------. |Dan Hollis -- Pharmacy Computer Services, Inc.| [log in to unmask] - (503)476-3139| `----------------------------------------------'