Is there a known issue with IE as it relates to drop-down <select> boxes on
forms and the number of items they contain?

I've noticed that if a drop-down box is populated with a bunch of options,
IE will fail to load that element correctly. Or, several drop-down boxes
with a few options each will produce the same result.. IE will fail to load
those elements properly. Netscape does not exhibit this problem.

Is there a documented error somewhere that IE cannot handle more than, say,
500 <option> tags from a <select> element? (number pulled out of my arse)

I've been poking around but cannot find anything at MS that relates to this
behavior.

Thanks