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-*---- Please read before posting ----*
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-We reserve the GitHub "Issues" page specifically for tracking **known software bugs**. If you want to report a runtime issue or have a FreeSurfer processing question, please post to the FreeSurfer mailing list instead. Instructions for posting to the mailing list or searching the list archives are available on the [support wiki page](https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki/FreeSurferSupport).
+We reserve the GitHub "Issues" page specifically for tracking known software bugs. If you want to report a runtime issue or have a FreeSurfer processing question, please post to the FreeSurfer mailing list instead. Instructions for posting to the mailing list or searching the list archives are available on the support wiki page:
 
-**NOTE: Issues that do not match the above will be closed.**
+https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki/FreeSurferSupport
 
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+NOTE: Issues that do not match the above will be closed and we will refer you to the mailing list. Thank you.
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