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authorRichard van der Hoff <1389908+richvdh@users.noreply.github.com>2019-11-28 09:29:18 +0000
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2019-11-28 09:29:18 +0000
commitc48ea9800769c22d763cd97ecb137141050739e1 (patch)
treec4bbf8046b58e7d208694d2f2027e322acc504ff /docs/sample_config.yaml
parentImplementation of MSC2314 (#6176) (diff)
downloadsynapse-c48ea9800769c22d763cd97ecb137141050739e1.tar.xz
Clarifications for the email configuration settings. (#6423)
Cf #6422
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@@ -1333,8 +1333,23 @@ password_config:
 #   smtp_user: "exampleusername"
 #   smtp_pass: "examplepassword"
 #   require_transport_security: false
+#
+#   # notif_from defines the "From" address to use when sending emails.
+#   # It must be set if email sending is enabled.
+#   #
+#   # The placeholder '%(app)s' will be replaced by the application name,
+#   # which is normally 'app_name' (below), but may be overridden by the
+#   # Matrix client application.
+#   #
+#   # Note that the placeholder must be written '%(app)s', including the
+#   # trailing 's'.
+#   #
 #   notif_from: "Your Friendly %(app)s homeserver <noreply@example.com>"
-#   app_name: Matrix
+#
+#   # app_name defines the default value for '%(app)s' in notif_from. It
+#   # defaults to 'Matrix'.
+#   #
+#   #app_name: my_branded_matrix_server
 #
 #   # Enable email notifications by default
 #   #