Clarify docs for login-time autodiscovery (#34385)

* Clarify docs for login-time autodiscovery

* Update docs/config.md

Co-authored-by: R Midhun Suresh <hi@midhun.dev>

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Co-authored-by: R Midhun Suresh <hi@midhun.dev>
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David Langley
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endpoints (for example, polling for client configuration after login). Set it to `false` to stop Element making these
requests, so it only contacts the homeserver base URL; the `well_known` object returned inline in the `/login` response
is unaffected. Defaults to `true`.
This option covers those runtime requests only; login-time `.well-known` autodiscovery is separate. Setting
`default_server_config` with `disable_custom_urls: true` fixes the homeserver and removes the server picker, covering
the startup lookup and server selection. It also doesn't cover the legacy password login form (not shown for delegated authentication/OIDC) which performs its own `.well-known` lookup when a full Matrix ID is entered.
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