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clear up IS ambiguity and close https://github.com/vector-im/vector-web/issues/1720

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Matthew Hodgson 2016-07-31 23:42:17 +01:00
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@ -53,8 +53,12 @@ You can configure the app by copying `vector/config.sample.json` to
1. `default_hs_url` is the default home server url.
1. `default_is_url` is the default identity server url (this is the server used
for verifying third party identifiers like email addresses). If this is blank,
registering with an email address or adding an email address to your account
will not work.
registering with an email address, adding an email address to your account,
or inviting users via email address will not work. Matrix identity servers are
very simple web services which map third party identifiers (currently only email
addresses) to matrix IDs: see http://matrix.org/docs/spec/identity_service/unstable.html
for more details. Currently the only public matrix identity servers are https://matrix.org
and https://vector.im. In future identity servers will be decentralised.
Running as a Desktop app