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| -rw-r--r-- | changelog.d/8734.doc | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/sample_config.yaml | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | synapse/config/registration.py | 5 |
3 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/changelog.d/8734.doc b/changelog.d/8734.doc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..3bff9021c7 --- /dev/null +++ b/changelog.d/8734.doc @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Clarify the usecase for an msisdn delegate. Contributed by Adrian Wannenmacher. diff --git a/docs/sample_config.yaml b/docs/sample_config.yaml index c0cd009230..e9e77ca94e 100644 --- a/docs/sample_config.yaml +++ b/docs/sample_config.yaml @@ -1230,8 +1230,9 @@ account_validity: # email will be globally disabled. # # Additionally, if `msisdn` is not set, registration and password resets via msisdn -# will be disabled regardless. This is due to Synapse currently not supporting any -# method of sending SMS messages on its own. +# will be disabled regardless, and users will not be able to associate an msisdn +# identifier to their account. This is due to Synapse currently not supporting +# any method of sending SMS messages on its own. # # To enable using an identity server for operations regarding a particular third-party # identifier type, set the value to the URL of that identity server as shown in the diff --git a/synapse/config/registration.py b/synapse/config/registration.py index b0a77a2e43..cc5f75123c 100644 --- a/synapse/config/registration.py +++ b/synapse/config/registration.py @@ -347,8 +347,9 @@ class RegistrationConfig(Config): # email will be globally disabled. # # Additionally, if `msisdn` is not set, registration and password resets via msisdn - # will be disabled regardless. This is due to Synapse currently not supporting any - # method of sending SMS messages on its own. + # will be disabled regardless, and users will not be able to associate an msisdn + # identifier to their account. This is due to Synapse currently not supporting + # any method of sending SMS messages on its own. # # To enable using an identity server for operations regarding a particular third-party # identifier type, set the value to the URL of that identity server as shown in the |