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 Reporting A Bug
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-Ansible practices responsible disclosure - if this is a security related bug, email security@ansible.com instead of filing a ticket or posting to the Google Group and you will recieve a prompt response.
+Ansible practices responsible disclosure - if this is a security related bug, email security@ansible.com instead of filing a ticket or posting to the Google Group and you will receive a prompt response.
 
 Bugs should be reported to [github.com/ansible/ansible](http://github.com/ansible/ansible) after 
 signing up for a free github account.  Before reporting a bug, please use the bug/issue search