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  136. <h1 id="server-notices"><a class="header" href="#server-notices">Server Notices</a></h1>
  137. <p>'Server Notices' are a new feature introduced in Synapse 0.30. They provide a
  138. channel whereby server administrators can send messages to users on the server.</p>
  139. <p>They are used as part of communication of the server polices (see
  140. <a href="consent_tracking.html">Consent Tracking</a>), however the intention is that
  141. they may also find a use for features such as &quot;Message of the day&quot;.</p>
  142. <p>This is a feature specific to Synapse, but it uses standard Matrix
  143. communication mechanisms, so should work with any Matrix client.</p>
  144. <h2 id="user-experience"><a class="header" href="#user-experience">User experience</a></h2>
  145. <p>When the user is first sent a server notice, they will get an invitation to a
  146. room (typically called 'Server Notices', though this is configurable in
  147. <code>homeserver.yaml</code>). They will be <strong>unable to reject</strong> this invitation -
  148. attempts to do so will receive an error.</p>
  149. <p>Once they accept the invitation, they will see the notice message in the room
  150. history; it will appear to have come from the 'server notices user' (see
  151. below).</p>
  152. <p>The user is prevented from sending any messages in this room by the power
  153. levels.</p>
  154. <p>Having joined the room, the user can leave the room if they want. Subsequent
  155. server notices will then cause a new room to be created.</p>
  156. <h2 id="synapse-configuration"><a class="header" href="#synapse-configuration">Synapse configuration</a></h2>
  157. <p>Server notices come from a specific user id on the server. Server
  158. administrators are free to choose the user id - something like <code>server</code> is
  159. suggested, meaning the notices will come from
  160. <code>@server:&lt;your_server_name&gt;</code>. Once the Server Notices user is configured, that
  161. user id becomes a special, privileged user, so administrators should ensure
  162. that <strong>it is not already allocated</strong>.</p>
  163. <p>In order to support server notices, it is necessary to add some configuration
  164. to the <code>homeserver.yaml</code> file. In particular, you should add a <code>server_notices</code>
  165. section, which should look like this:</p>
  166. <pre><code class="language-yaml">server_notices:
  167. system_mxid_localpart: server
  168. system_mxid_display_name: &quot;Server Notices&quot;
  169. system_mxid_avatar_url: &quot;mxc://server.com/oumMVlgDnLYFaPVkExemNVVZ&quot;
  170. room_name: &quot;Server Notices&quot;
  171. </code></pre>
  172. <p>The only compulsory setting is <code>system_mxid_localpart</code>, which defines the user
  173. id of the Server Notices user, as above. <code>room_name</code> defines the name of the
  174. room which will be created.</p>
  175. <p><code>system_mxid_display_name</code> and <code>system_mxid_avatar_url</code> can be used to set the
  176. displayname and avatar of the Server Notices user.</p>
  177. <h2 id="sending-notices"><a class="header" href="#sending-notices">Sending notices</a></h2>
  178. <p>To send server notices to users you can use the
  179. <a href="admin_api/server_notices.html">admin_api</a>.</p>
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