possible echo -e bug in bash

"M. Johnson" <[email protected]> Mon, 15 Jul 2002 23:30:02 -0700 (PDT)
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.sh-utils.bugs
Message-ID <Pine.A41.4.44.0207152324400.130254-100000@dante58.u.washington.edu>
in bash 2.05a.0(1)-release,
echo -e "\\a"
seems like it should print "\a" to the console, but in actuality it beeps
and prints nothing.

Sorry if this is a redundant report.