> Very seriously - after all that has been said on this thread, I see > no reason to change anything. the discussion has incited me to change the boiler plate which i will use henceforth The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119 [RFC2119] only when they appear in all upper case. They may also appear in lower or mixed case as English words, without any normative meaning. randy