Hi Carl, I think the original report predated SMTP submission capability in reportbug, and referred to bug downloading.
The error message still does not say why the connection failed: | Will send report to Debian (per lsb_release). | Querying Debian BTS for reports on reportbug (source)... | Unable to connect to Debian BTS; continue [y|N|?]? Florian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org