> It does not matter how many people can read MSWord. > The only supported formats should be the ones where you know > what the format is (and not the ones that depend on particular program). Why ? If you take that as an axiom, then indeed it is easy to rule lots of formats out. But, what is the justification of the axiom? Why not say - only use formats for which there are decent editors easily available? And why do all the other SDOs get along with non-ASCII formats? On my intranet I have a list of 120+ SDOs in the communications and computer-science fields, and although I haven't gone through them all (I have asked someone to do so) I haven't found another group that uses ASCII files. If the axiom is so strong, then why doesn't it bother anyone else? Y(J)S _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf