What is the maximum length of Subject line in Outlook?

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Diane Poremsky [MVP]

What's the longest you can use? :)

The RFC for this topic says 998 total characters, max of 78 per line. I
don't believe all email clients support multiline subjects, so 78 characters
is the practical limit to support the widest number of mail clients.

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Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
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