-notmuch@notmuchmail.org (subscription is not required, but you can
-<a href="http://notmuchmail.org/mailman/listinfo/notmuch">subscribe to
-the notmuch list</a> if you would like to). You can also browse the
-<a href="http://notmuchmail.org/pipermail/notmuch/">online archives</a>
-or the mailing list or download an <a href="http://notmuchmail.org/archives/notmuch.mbox>mbox file</a>
-of the entire mailing-list. The mb2md utility can then be used to
-convert the archives to maildir format which is convenient for
-reading the archives within notmuch itself.
+<mailto:notmuch@notmuchmail.org> (subscription is not required, but you can
+also subscribe to the
+[notmuch mailing list](https://nmbug.notmuchmail.org/list/)). You
+can also browse the
+[online list archives](https://nmbug.notmuchmail.org/nmweb/),
+read them as a
+[web forum (nabble)](http://notmuch.198994.n3.nabble.com/), or
+download an [archive](https://nmbug.notmuchmail.org/archive/notmuch-list.tar.xz)
+of the entire mailing-list.
+
+The archive unpacks to maildir format which is convenient for reading
+the archives within notmuch itself.
+
+If you prefer real-time chat, there is often someone on the
+[#notmuch](irc://chat.freenode.net/#notmuch)@irc.freenode.net IRC channel. Don't
+ask if you can ask a question, just ask, and please wait for an answer, we might
+not be in your timezone.
+
+## Troubleshooting, Reporting Bugs and Feature Requests
+
+Please send bug reports and feature requests to the [Notmuch mailing
+list](https://nmbug.notmuchmail.org/list/)
+<mailto:notmuch@notmuchmail.org>.
+
+For hints about troubleshooting and bug reporting see [[bugs]].
+
+Please see the [nmbug status page](https://nmbug.notmuchmail.org/status/) for
+lists of [known bugs](https://nmbug.notmuchmail.org/status/#Bugs) and [feature
+requests](https://nmbug.notmuchmail.org/status/#Wish-list).
+
+## Development and Contributing
+
+All of the code for Notmuch is available as [free
+software](https://www.fsf.org/licensing/essays/free-sw.html) released
+under the GNU [GPL version
+3](https://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl.html). The latest
+versions can be checked out via git with this command:
+
+ git clone https://git.notmuchmail.org/git/notmuch
+
+You can browse the [Notmuch code history
+online](https://git.notmuchmail.org/git/notmuch). [The Notmuch OpenHub project
+page](https://www.openhub.net/p/notmuch) has a nice summary of the codebase and
+activity.
+
+Continuous integration build and test suite status: [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/notmuch/notmuch.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/notmuch/notmuch)
+
+Contributions, such as patches, to Notmuch are most welcome. Please refer to the
+[[guide to contributing|contributing]].
+
+## Website
+
+This website is a wiki, maintained using [ikiwiki](http://ikiwiki.info). Here
+are [[instructions on how to edit the wiki|wikiwriteaccess]]. The wiki contents
+are mostly [[dual licensed under CC-BY-SA-3.0 and GPLv3+|COPYING]].