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| author | terry%netscape.com <> | 1998-08-26 15:14:15 +0200 |
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| committer | terry%netscape.com <> | 1998-08-26 15:14:15 +0200 |
| commit | 482763c95359bd0352878542826693064d9e365e (patch) | |
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diff --git a/how_to_mail.html b/how_to_mail.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..6b43bca75 --- /dev/null +++ b/how_to_mail.html @@ -0,0 +1,80 @@ +<HTML> + +<!-- + The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License + Version 1.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in + compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at + http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/ + + Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" + basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the + License for the specific language governing rights and limitations + under the License. + + The Original Code is the Bugzilla Bug Tracking System. + + The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Netscape Communications + Corporation. Portions created by Netscape are Copyright (C) 1998 + Netscape Communications Corporation. All Rights Reserved. + + Contributor(s): Terry Weissman <terry@mozilla.org> +--> + + +<TITLE>How to Mail to bugzilla</TITLE> + +<H1>THIS DOESN'T WORK RIGHT NOW. Coming someday.</H1> + +Mailing to "bugzilla" will be piped through a script which examines +your message, stripping out control lines, and passing the rest of the +message in as the description of a new bug. The control lines look like: <P> + +<PRE> +@FIELD-LABEL VALUE + LABEL Legal Values + Priority critical major normal minor trivial + Type BUG RFE + Product Cheddar + Platform PC X-Windows Macintosh All + Area CODE JAVA TEST BUILD UI PERF + Version version 2.0b1 2.0b2 2.0b2 2.0b4 2.1a0 2.1a1 2.1b0 2.1b1 2.1b2 + OS Windows 3.1 Windows 95 Windows NT System 7 System 7.5 + AIX BSDI HP-UX IRIX Linux OSF/1 Solaris SunOS other + Summary -anything- + URL -anything- + Assign someone in eng + + +and + +@description + This tells the bug parse to stop looking for control lines, + allowing the bug description to contain lines which start with @ +</PRE> + +There are default values for all these fields. If you don't specify a +Summary, the subject of the mail message is used. <P> + +If you specify an illegal value, the default value is used, the +bug is assigned to you, and the answerback message will describe +the error. <P> + +After the bug is posted, you will get mail verifying the posting +and informing you of the bug number if you wish to fix any +mistakes made by the auto-processor. <P> + +EXAMPLE: <P> + + +<PRE> + % Mail bugzilla + Subject: WinFE crashes with GPF when I pour beer on my keyboard + @priority critical + @platform PC + @assign troy + + After the beer bash I emptied the rest of the keg onto my keyboard + and my sharp build of Navigator got a GPF. + . + +</PRE> |