Thanks to the Debian maintainers, I've migrated to S-mailx from the
old "Heirloom mailx." I'm a little disconcerted to see that the
meaning of askcc and askbcc has changed. In the old version, "ask"
meant "always ask." In version 14.8.16, which I have now, "ask" means
"ask only if empty." This default is not good for me, and I submit
that it is not good for others. Consider the failure modes:
- In the old behavior, I get an opportunity to edit a cc: list even
if I don't want to edit it. No animals are harmed.
- In the new behavior, I have no opportunity to edit a nonempty cc:
list, and I send the mail with the wrong cc: list. I have already
done this several times.
I would like Steffen to consider whether reversion to the old behavior
might be a good idea. If not, I am going to beg for an option that
means "really, really ask, even if the list is nonempty."
Norman
