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add paragraph on running your own server to readme

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#### How do I create an account? #### How do I create an account?
XMPP, like email, is a federated protocol, which means that there is not one company you can create an *official XMPP account* with. Instead there are hundreds, or even thousands, of providers out there. One of those providers is our very own [conversations.im](https://account.conversations.im). If you don’t like to use *conversations.im* use a web search engine of your choice to find another provider. Or maybe your university has one. Or you can run your own. Or ask a friend to run one. Once you've found one, you can use Conversations to create an account. Just select *register new account* on server within the create account dialog. XMPP, like email, is a federated protocol, which means that there is not one company you can create an *official XMPP account* with. Instead there are hundreds, or even thousands, of providers out there. One of those providers is our very own [conversations.im](https://account.conversations.im). If you don’t like to use *conversations.im* use a web search engine of your choice to find another provider. Or maybe your university has one. Or you can run your own. Or ask a friend to run one. Once you've found one, you can use Conversations to create an account. Just select *register new account* on server within the create account dialog.
##### Running your own
If you have a server somewhere and are willing to put some work in, the best alternative-in the spirit of federation-is to run your own. We recommand either [Prosody](https://prosody.im/) or [ejabberd](https://www.ejabberd.im/). Both of which have their own strengths. Ejabberd is slightly more mature nowadays but Prosody is arguably easier to set up. (For prosody you need a couple of so called [community modules](https://modules.prosody.im/) from which most of them are maintained by the same people that develop Prosody.)
#### Where can I set up a custom hostname / port #### Where can I set up a custom hostname / port
Conversations will automatically look up the SRV records for your domain name Conversations will automatically look up the SRV records for your domain name
which can point to any hostname port combination. If your server doesn’t provide which can point to any hostname port combination. If your server doesn’t provide