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Clarify what part of message retention is still experimental #17099

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and allow server and room admins to configure how long messages should
be kept in a homeserver's database before being purged from it.
**Please note that, as this feature isn't part of the Matrix
specification yet, this implementation is to be considered as
experimental.**
specification yet, the use of `m.room.retention` events for per-room
retention policies is to be considered as experimental. However, the use
of a default message retention policy is considered a stable feature
in Synapse.**

A message retention policy is mainly defined by its `max_lifetime`
parameter, which defines how long a message can be kept around after
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