guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris) (11/15/90)
Description: If the "askcc" flag is set, "mailx" will, after you've finished composing the body of a message and typed "." or ^D, prompt you for a list of carbon-copy recipients. A lot of users unfamiliar with this behavior will think that if they type "." at this point, "mailx" will send their message off. Well, they're right, in a sense, *but* it will also attempt to send a carbon copy to user ".", and probably fail. Either "askcc" should ask at a more opportune point, such as after "mailx" asks for a subject and *before* you compose the message, or a new option that does that should be provided. The same applies to the "askbcc" option. Repeat-By: Arrange that "askcc" is set on a lot of accounts used by people not familiar with this quirk, and watch the bounce messages pile up in the postmaster's mailbox(es). Fix: