@cindex How to submit a bug report
@cindex Reporting bugs
-The correct way to report Emacs bugs is to use the command
-@kbd{M-x report-emacs-bug}. It sets up a mail buffer with the
-essential information and the correct e-mail address,
-@email{bug-gnu-emacs@@gnu.org}.
-Anything sent there also appears in the
-newsgroup @uref{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! The manual describes in detail how to submit a useful bug
-report (@pxref{Bugs, , Reporting Bugs, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}).
-(@xref{Emacs manual}, if you don't know how to read the manual.)
-
-RMS says:
+Please see the Emacs manual for information on how to report bugs.
+@xref{Checklist, , Checklist for Bug Reports, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}.
+
+It is better to report bugs as described there than to ask on the help
+mailing list. RMS says:
@quotation
Sending bug reports to
@url{https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs,
-the help-gnu-emacs mailing list}
-(which has the effect of posting on @uref{news:gnu.emacs.help}) is
+the help-gnu-emacs mailing list} 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.
more messages about Emacs than the others.
@end quotation
-RMS says it is sometimes fine to post to @uref{news:gnu.emacs.help}:
+RMS says it is sometimes fine to post to the help list:
@quotation
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
-@code{gnu.emacs.help} asking if anyone can help you.
+the help list asking if anyone can help you.
@end quotation
If you are unsure whether you have found a bug, consider the following