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| author | Neil Johnson <neil@matrix.org> | 2019-06-06 18:00:06 +0100 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2019-06-06 18:00:06 +0100 |
| commit | 8acde3dc4749be714beb79a61298f430d7c4e701 (patch) | |
| tree | 6555f69f04d2763d847ab4b7f5a382d5355f4c1e /INSTALL.md | |
| parent | Add ability to perform password reset via email without trusting the identity... (diff) | |
| download | synapse-8acde3dc4749be714beb79a61298f430d7c4e701.tar.xz | |
remove bloat
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| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL.md | 11 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md index d3a450f40f..a1ff91a98e 100644 --- a/INSTALL.md +++ b/INSTALL.md @@ -406,20 +406,11 @@ this is required to support the 'password reset' feature. To configure an SMTP server for Synapse, modify the configuration section headed ``email``, and be sure to have at least the ``smtp_host``, ``smtp_port`` and ``notif_from`` fields filled out. You may also need to set ``smtp_user``, -``smtp_pass``, and ``require_transport_security``.. +``smtp_pass``, and ``require_transport_security``. If Synapse is not configured with an SMTP server, password reset via email will be disabled by default. -Alternatively it is possible delegate the sending of email to the server's -identity server. Doing so is convenient but not recommended, since a malicious -or compromised identity server could theoretically hijack a given user's -account by redirecting mail. - -If you are absolutely certain that you wish to use the server's identity server -for password resets, set ``trust_identity_server_for_password_resets`` to -``true`` under the ``email:`` configuration section. - ## Registering a user You will need at least one user on your server in order to use a Matrix |