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= Overview =

Launchpad uses notification emails and Atom feeds to help you stay on top of the bugs that interest you.

= Bug mail =

There are three ways to get bug notifications by email:

 * subscribe to a bug
 * subscribe to a milestone, project, package or distribution
 * take a role that results in bug mail:
  * bug reporter
  * assignee

  
Subscribing to an individual bug is as simple clicking ```Subscribe``` on the bug report page. You can also subscribe another individual or a team to a bug. However, you should only do this if you're certain the person or team members are happy for you to do so.

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== Subscribing to an entire milestone, project, package or distribution ==

To receive notifications about a milestone in a project, a distribution (e.g. Ubuntu) or a package or project, click ```Subscribe to bugmail``` on the milestone, project, package or distribution bugs overview page.
  
== What you'll receive ==

Launchpad sends bug notifications when:

 * a new bug is reported
 * someone makes a comment on a bug
 * a bug's status or importance changes
 * a bug is assigned to someone
 * a bug is targeted to a milestone
 * a bug is marked as affecting a new series, package or project.
 
You can filter bug mail based on both the subject and headers. A prefix of ```[NEW]``` in the subject lets you distinguish emails about newly reported bugs from updates about previous bugs.

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== Bug mail headers ==

Launchpad uses email headers to help you automatically filter bug mail. 

 * '''X-Launchpad-Bug:''' See ''[[Bugs/Subscriptions#x-launchpad-bug|X-Launchpad-Bug]]'' section below.
 * '''X-Launchpad-Bug-Private:''' ```yes``` or ```no```
 * '''X-Launchpad-Bug-Security-Vulnerability:''' ```yes``` or ```no```
 * '''X-Launchpad-Bug-Commenters:''' An alphabetical, space separated, list of everyone who has commented on the bug.
 * '''X-Launchpad-Bug-Reporter:''' The username of the person who reported the bug and created its first bug task.
 * '''X-Launchpad-Bug-Modifier:''' The display name and username of the person who modified the bug, in the form ''Display Name (username)''.
 * '''X-Launchpad-Bug-Tags:''' An alphabetical, space separated, list of tags the bug currently possesses.
 * '''X-Launchpad-Bug-Duplicate:''' If the bug is a duplicate, this header is set to the number of the duplicate target bug.
 * '''X-Launchpad-Message-Rationale:''' See ''[[Bugs/Subscriptions#rationale|Bug mail rationale]]'' section below.


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=== X-Launchpad-Bug ===

The ```X-Launchpad-Bug``` header collates most of the other information about a bug's status, importance, etc. It gives you slightly different information, depending on whether you're dealing with a distribution package or a project:

'''Project:'''

 * ```product```
 * ```status```
 * ```importance```
 * ```assignee```
 * '''For example:''' ```X-Launchpad-Bug: product=terminator; status=Confirmed;	importance=Low; assignee=None;```

'''Package:'''

 * ```distribution```
 * ```sourcepackage```
 * ```component```
 * ```status```
 * ```importance```
 * ```assignee```
 * '''For example:''' ```X-Launchpad-Bug: distribution=ubuntu; sourcepackage=exaile; component=universe; status=Confirmed; importance=Medium; assignee=None;```


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=== Bug mail rationale ===

The ```X-Launchpad-Message-Rationale``` header tells you why you've received the notification.

You can be either:

 * ```Assignee```
 * ```Subscriber```
 * ```Registrant```.
 
For example: ```X-Launchpad-Message-Rationale: Assignee```

An ```@``` symbol shows that you're related to the bug through membership of a team:

{{{
    X-Launchpad-Message-Rationale: Assignee @ubuntu-kernel-bugs
    X-Launchpad-Message-Rationale: Subscriber @ubuntu-core-dev
}}}

If you're the project/package owner, the product/package name is show in parentheses:

{{{
    X-Launchpad-Message-Rationale: Registrant (kiwi)
}}}


If the notification is about a duplicate bug, the rationale shows you which bug this report duplicates:

{{{
    X-Launchpad-Message-Rationale: Assignee via Bug 1332
}}}

This makes it easy to filter out bug mail about duplicate bugs. For example: let's say this bug notification is for bug 2129. This header means you are the assignee of bug 1332, of which 2129 is a duplicate. 

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== Unsubscribing ==

You can unsubscribe from bug notifications at any time. 

 * '''Individual bugs:''' visit the bug report and click ```Unsubscribe```.
 * '''All bugs in a particular context:''' visit the context's overview page - such as a project's overview page - and select ```Subscribe to bug mail```.

{i} '''Note:''' if you receive bug mail because you're in a team that is a reporter, commenter or assignee, you must leave that team to stop receiving the notifications.

= Atom feeds =

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You can subscribe to a feed of the bugs that affect a person, team, project or distribution. You can also subscribe to individual bugs.

Most feed readers will automatically discover the bug feed if you give them the URL of the bug report or the person, team, project or distribution overview page. 

Alternatively, you can build the bug feed URL by hand:

'''Individual bugs:''' ```http://feeds.launchpad.net/bugs/<number>/bug.atom```

Replace ```<number>``` with the bug number.

For example: http://feeds.launchpad.net/bugs/1/bug.atom

'''Projects and distributions:''' ```http://feeds.launchpad.net/<project or distro name>/latest-bugs.atom```

Replace ```<project or distro name>``` accordingly.

For example: http://feeds.launchpad.net/ubuntu/latest-bugs.atom

'''People and teams:''' ```http://feeds.launchpad.net/~<person or team name>/latest-bugs.atom```

Replace ```<person or team name>``` accordingly.

For example: http://feeds.launchpad.net/~bzr/latest-bugs.atom

= Next step =

As well as using email to send updates about the status of bugs, Launchpad gives you a full [[Bugs/EmailInterface|email interface to the bug tracker]].


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