# Okay now, just exactly how long can subject lines be before they're truncated?

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**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\
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Okay now, just exactly how long can subject lines be before they’re truncated?

That was 78 characters long.

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**Author:** ![User\_10K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@User\_10K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/User_10K)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-now-just-exactly-how-long-can-subject-lines-be-before-theyre-truncated/37464/2 "2000-10-18T23:00:25Z")

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Looks like 85 letters to me