Subject: bug#1567: Mailing an archived bug

From: Glenn Morris <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:29:52 -0500

Don Armstrong wrote (on Thu, 18 Dec 2008 at 01:17 -0800):

> Thanks; I've tested this now, and it should be working properly.

Yes, thanks, but it could be more helpful. The reply I got merely said:

    From: don at donarmstrong.com (Emacs bug Tracking System)
    To: Glenn Morris <rgm at gnu.org>
    Subject: Unknown problem report bug#3 (test)

    -- 
    -1: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=-1
    Emacs Bug Tracking System
    Contact [email-masked] with problems

The body could say something helpful like:

Bug#3 not found. Perhaps you mistyped, or this bug has been archived?

The link in the signature is also unhelpful, since it seems that
bug -NNN just resolves to bug +NNN.