From: Kai Henningsen (kaih@khms.westfalen.de)
Date: Tue Nov 04 1997 - 15:01:00 CST
nimmich@uni-muenster.de (Dirk Nimmich) wrote on 03.11.97 in <199711032215.XAA86212@asterix.uni-muenster.de>:
> > Since some alphabets need three octetts per character in UTF-8, a limit
> > must not be too restrictive. Though I guess, 510 octetts will satify
> > all needs.
>
> "640 KB should be enough for everybody." (Bill Gates)
>
> Don't set limits where they are not needed.
Well, a limit on newsgroup names makes sense for several applications.
Actually, I'd expect 255 octets would be enough - at three octets per
char, that's still 85 characters. However, I can live with more.
MfG Kai