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If they don't know email is unreliable, I don't see how the alternative phrasing you proposed is going to help any.
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Re^8: Reporting a bug in Perl is tricky
by soonix (Chancellor) on May 20, 2016 at 20:05 UTC
    From my experience in user support: they might not even be aware that email is involved. Could be sent by fax or telepathy :-)

    Joking aside, if I'm deeply concentrating on some complicated matter, I tend to totally blend out everything else. This (although overly legalese) wording would remind me the system has other parts that matter, too.

      If "[Se]nd the message to perlbug@perl.org" doesn't suggest an email, I don't know what does. But if the problem is that you think it's not clear that email is being used, the fix would be to change that prompt to "[Se]nd the message by email to perlbug@perl.org"