Yes, there is a limit to the number of characters on a line if an email (1000 characters including the CRLF so your 998 below is correct). As for "cc" and "bcc":
A cc header is virtually unlimited. Each recipient can be on a new line as long as the first character of the new line is a space or a tab. For example: CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] and, so on. A "bcc" is entirely different. A bcc will not appear in the message headers at all so there is no limit as far as creating an email. Where the "to", "cc" and "bcc" do come into play is the total number of recipients accepted by the email server for a single email. Most servers have a setting to limit this but it all depends on how the server is set up. HTH, -- Howie Hamlin - inFusion Project Manager On-Line Data Solutions, Inc. - www.CoolFusion.com inFusion Mail Server (iMS) - The Award-winning, Intelligent Mail Server PrismAV - Virus scanning for ColdFusion applications >>> Find out how iMS Stacks up to the competition: >>> http://www.coolfusion.com/imssecomparison.cfm --- On Thursday, November 04, 2004 4:49 PM, Matt Robertson scribed: --- > >> First I've heard of that one... I.m assuming there's a similar limit >> on the CC & BCC fields as well (?). Where might I get the definitive >> number on that? > > My assumption would be RFC 2822, but I didn't see what I would call a > smoking gun. There is a 998 char line length limit which may be the > number, but in reading thru it I could interpret that to only mean 998 > chars applies to elements of the message body. > > I have a heck of a time reading those. If Jochem is around he'd know > immediately one way or the other. > > The limitation *may* be in cfmail itself. Haven't looked that up yet. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:183431 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
