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Where should I report bugs and other problems with Emacs?
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   The correct way to report Emacs bugs is by e-mail to
<bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>.  Anything sent here also appears in the
newsgroup `news:gnu.emacs.bug', but please use e-mail instead of news
to submit the bug report.  This ensures a reliable return address so
you can be contacted for further details.

   Be sure to read the "Bugs" section of the Emacs manual before
reporting a bug to bug-gnu-emacs!  The manual describes in detail how
to submit a useful bug report.  (Note: On-line manual, if you don't
know how to read the manual.)

   RMS says:

     Sending bug reports to <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> (which has the
     effect of posting on `news:gnu.emacs.help') is undesirable because
     it takes the time of an unnecessarily large group of people, most
     of whom are just users and have no idea how to fix these problem.
     <bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> reaches a much smaller group of people who
     are more likely to know what to do and have expressed a wish to
     receive more messages about Emacs than the others.

   RMS says it is sometimes fine to post to `news:gnu.emacs.help':

     If you have reported a bug and you don't hear about a possible fix,
     then after a suitable delay (such as a week) it is okay to post on
     `gnu.emacs.help' asking if anyone can help you.

   If you are unsure whether you have found a bug, consider the
following non-exhaustive list, courtesy of RMS:

     If Emacs crashes, that is a bug.  If Emacs gets compilation errors
     while building, that is a bug.  If Emacs crashes while building,
     that is a bug.  If Lisp code does not do what the documentation
     says it does, that is a bug.