diff --git a/src/mail.rs b/src/mail.rs
index 7505dc4..3ed0cf8 100644
--- a/src/mail.rs
+++ b/src/mail.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@
 //! - **warn** a dialogue that does not close: the person is mailed on
 //!   the way in and not told how their case ended;
 //! - **warn** a mail that tells a person their case is where they may
-//!   now act on it, and gives them no link to do so.
+//!   now act on it, and gives them no link to do so;
+//! - **warn** a long answer (a `textarea` field) put in a subject line,
+//!   which becomes the whole brief in someone's inbox list.
 
 use std::collections::{BTreeMap, BTreeSet, HashMap};
 
@@ -161,6 +163,12 @@ pub fn check(questions: &HashMap<String, Question>, aggregates: &HashMap<String,
                     warns.push(format!("{at}: {{{key}}} is blank for records sent from {}", missing.iter().map(|n| format!("{n:?}")).collect::<Vec<_>>().join(", ")));
                 }
             }
+            for key in placeholders(&mail.subject) {
+                let long = questions.values().flat_map(|q| &q.alternatives).filter(|a| a.record_as.as_deref() == Some(bucket.as_str())).flat_map(|a| a.features.iter().flat_map(|f| &f.requirements)).any(|r| r.name == key && r.kind == "textarea");
+                if long {
+                    warns.push(format!("{at}: the subject carries {{{key}}}, a long answer (textarea) - the whole of it lands in the subject line"));
+                }
+            }
             for path in site_links(&mail.body).into_iter().chain(site_links(&mail.subject)) {
                 if path.contains('{') {
                     continue; // filled per record; the page is checked where the pattern is declared
@@ -281,6 +289,15 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(f.iter().any(|x| x.text.contains("no {link}")));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn a_long_answer_in_a_subject_line_is_found() {
+        let agg = AGG.replace("Got it, {name}", "About {brief}");
+        let form = FORM.replace("          - { name: email, type: email }\n", "          - { name: email, type: email }\n          - { name: brief, type: textarea }\n");
+        let (q, a) = repo(&agg, &[("/", &form), ("/decide/trial", DECIDE)]);
+        let f = check(&q, &a, &site("mail: { from: x@y.no }\n"));
+        assert!(f.iter().any(|x| x.level == Level::Warn && x.text.contains("{brief}") && x.text.contains("subject")), "{f:?}");
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn a_mail_about_a_case_the_person_may_act_on_links_to_it() {
         let agg = AGG.replace("Withdraw at {site}/decide/trial?chain={chain}", "We have it");