diff --git a/src/sbbs3/writemsg.cpp b/src/sbbs3/writemsg.cpp
index 3a4d9864bee64dbd68dd22d771f91c2864b4578d..47f19baeebb002e26c8715102e057b97cf6dc115 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/writemsg.cpp
+++ b/src/sbbs3/writemsg.cpp
@@ -256,16 +256,20 @@ bool sbbs_t::writemsg(char *fname, char *top, char *title, long mode, int subnum
 
 	if(!(mode&(WM_EXTDESC|WM_SUBJ_RO))) {
 		if(mode&WM_FILE) {
+#if 0
 			max_title_len=12;	/* ToDo: implied 8.3 filename limit! */
+#endif
 			CRLF;
 			bputs(text[Filename]); 
 		}
 		else {
+#if 0
 			max_title_len=LEN_TITLE;
 			if(mode&WM_QWKNET
 				|| (subnum!=INVALID_SUB 
 					&& (cfg.sub[subnum]->misc&(SUB_QNET|SUB_INET|SUB_FIDO))==SUB_QNET))
 				max_title_len=25;
+#endif
 			bputs(text[SubjectPrompt]); 
 		}
 		if(!getstr(title,max_title_len,mode&WM_FILE ? K_LINE : K_LINE|K_EDIT|K_AUTODEL)