
<h1>Mail servers' reference card</h1>

<p>Full documentation of the mail servers is available on the WWW, in the
files
<a href="server-request">bug-log-mailserver.txt</a> and
<a href="server-control">bug-maint-mailcontrol.txt</a> or by
sending the word <code>help</code> to each mailserver.</p>

<h2>Synopsis of commands available at <code>request@bugs.debian.org</code></h2>

<ul>
<li><code>send</code> <var>bugnumber</var></li>
<li><code>send-detail</code> <var>bugnumber</var></li>
<li><code>index</code> [<code>full</code>]</li>
<li><code>index-summary by-package</code></li>
<li><code>index-summary by-number</code></li>
<li><code>index-maint</code></li>
<li><code>index maint</code> <var>maintainer</var></li>
<li><code>index-packages</code></li>
<li><code>index packages</code> <var>package</var></li>
<li><code>send-unmatched</code> [<code>this</code>|<code>0</code>]</li>
<li><code>send-unmatched</code> <code>last</code>|<code>-1</code></li>
<li><code>send-unmatched</code> <code>old</code>|<code>-2</code></li>
<li><code>getinfo</code> <var>filename</var> <small>(ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/*)</small></li>
<li><code>help</code></li>
<li><code>refcard</code></li>
<li><code><a href="$(BUGS)/server-control#thanks">thanks</a></code></li>
<li><code>#</code>... <em>(comment)</em></li>
<li><code>debug</code> <var>level</var></li>
</ul>

<h2>Synopsis of extra commands available at <code>control@bugs.debian.org</code></h2>

<ul>
<li><code>reassign</code> <var>bugnumber</var> <var>package</var>
 [ <var>version</var> ]</li>
<li><code>severity</code> <var>bugnumber</var> <var>severity</var></li>
<li><code>reopen</code> <var>bugnumber</var>
 [ <var>originator-address</var> | <code>=</code> | <code>!</code> ]</li>
<li><code>found</code> <var>bugnumber</var> [ <var>version</var> ]</li>
<li><code>notfound</code> <var>bugnumber</var> <var>version</var></li>
<li><code>submitter</code> <var>bugnumber</var>
 <var>originator-address</var> | <code>!</code></li>
<li><code>forwarded</code> <var>bugnumber</var> <var>address</var></li>
<li><code>notforwarded</code> <var>bugnumber</var></li>
<li><code>owner</code> <var>bugnumber</var>
 <var>address</var> | <code>!</code></li>
<li><code>noowner</code> <var>bugnumber</var></li>
<li><code>retitle</code> <var>bugnumber</var> <var>new-title</var></li>
<li><code>clone</code> <var>bugnumber</var> <var>NewID</var> [ <var>new IDs</var> ... ]</li>
<li><code>merge</code> <var>bugnumber</var> <var>bugnumber</var> ...</li>
<li><code>unmerge</code> <var>bugnumber</var></li>
<li><code>forcemerge</code> <var>bugnumber</var> <var>bugnumber</var> ...</li>
<li><code>tag</code> <var>bugnumber</var>
  [ <code>+</code> | <code>-</code> | <code>=</code> ] <var>tag</var> [ <var>tag</var> ... ]</li>
<li><code>block</code> <var>bugnumber</var> <code>by</code> <var>bug</var> ...</li>
<li><code>unblock</code> <var>bugnumber</var> <code>by</code> <var>bug</var> ...</li>
<li><code>close</code> <var>bugnumber</var> [ <var>fixed-version</var> ]
 <strong>(deprecated &mdash; you must separately tell originator why, see
<q><a href="Developer#closing">Closing bug reports</a></q>
instead)</strong></li>
</ul>

<p><code>reopen</code> with <code>=</code> or no originator address leaves
the originator as the original submitter; <code>!</code> sets it to
you, the person doing the reopen.</p>

<p><a href="Developer#severities">Severities</a> are <bts_severities>.</p>

<p><a href="Developer#tags">Tags</A> currently include <bts_tags>.</p>

<h2>Synopsis of bug submission and followup addresses</h2>

<ul>
  <li><var>nnn</var>[ <code>-submit</code> | ]</li>
  <li><var>nnn</var><code>-maintonly</code></li>
  <li><var>nnn</var><code>-quiet</code></li>
  <li><var>nnn</var><code>-forwarded</code></li>
  <li><var>nnn</var><code>-request</code></li>
  <li><var>nnn</var><code>-submitter</code></li>
  <li><var>nnn</var><code>-done</code></li>
  <li><var>nnn</var><code>-close</code></li>
  <li><var>nnn</var><code>-subscribe</code></li>
</ul>  

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