# Mail servers' reference card

Full documentation of the mail servers is available on the WWW, in the files bug-log-mailserver.txt and bug-maint-mailcontrol.txt or by sending the word `help` to each mailserver.

## Synopsis of commands available at `request@bugs.debian.org`

- `send` bugnumber
- `send-detail` bugnumber
- `index` [`full`]
- `index-summary by-package`
- `index-summary by-number`
- `index-maint`
- `index maint` maintainer
- `index-packages`
- `index packages` package
- `send-unmatched` [`this`|`0`]
- `send-unmatched` `last`|`-1`
- `send-unmatched` `old`|`-2`
- `getinfo` filename (ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/*)
- `help`
- `refcard`
- `thanks`
- `#`... (comment)
- `debug` level

## Synopsis of extra commands available at `control@bugs.debian.org`

- `reassign` bugnumber package [ version ]
- `severity` bugnumber severity
- `reopen` bugnumber [ originator-address | `=` | `!` ]
- `found` bugnumber [ version ]
- `notfound` bugnumber version
- `submitter` bugnumber originator-address | `!`
- `forwarded` bugnumber address
- `notforwarded` bugnumber
- `owner` bugnumber address | `!`
- `noowner` bugnumber
- `retitle` bugnumber new-title
- `clone` bugnumber NewID [ new IDs ... ]
- `merge` bugnumber bugnumber ...
- `unmerge` bugnumber
- `forcemerge` bugnumber bugnumber ...
- `tags` bugnumber [ `+` | `-` | `=` ] tag [ tag ... ]
- `block` bugnumber `by` bug ...
- `unblock` bugnumber `by` bug ...
- `close` bugnumber [ fixed-version ] (deprecated — you must separately tell originator why, see Closing bug reports instead)

`reopen` with `=` or no originator address leaves the originator as the original submitter; `!` sets it to you, the person doing the reopen.

Severities are .

Tags currently include .

## Synopsis of bug submission and followup addresses

- nnn[ `-submit` | ]
- nnn`-maintonly`
- nnn`-quiet`
- nnn`-forwarded`
- nnn`-request`
- nnn`-submitter`
- nnn`-done`
- nnn`-close`
- nnn`-subscribe`