Note contactinfo and myfamily as required in more places

Includes a sentence from cypherpunks; for ticket 24526.
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o Documentation:
- Document that operators who run more than one relay or bridge are
expected to set MyFamily and ContactInfo correctly. Closes ticket
24526.

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descriptors containing these lines and that Google indexes them, so
spammers might also collect them. You may want to obscure the fact
that it's an email address and/or generate a new address for this
purpose.
purpose. +
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ContactInfo **must** be set to a working address if you run more than one
relay or bridge. (Really, everybody running a relay or bridge should set
it.)
[[ExitRelay]] **ExitRelay** **0**|**1**|**auto**::
Tells Tor whether to run as an exit relay. If Tor is running as a
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compromise its concealment. +
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When listing a node, it's better to list it by fingerprint than by
nickname: fingerprints are more reliable.
nickname: fingerprints are more reliable. +
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MyFamily **must** be set correctly if you run more than one relay or
bridge. (That is, every relay should list all the others as described
above.)
[[Nickname]] **Nickname** __name__::
Set the server's nickname to \'name'. Nicknames must be between 1 and 19

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## spammers might also collect them. You may want to obscure the fact that
## it's an email address and/or generate a new address for this purpose.
## Notice that "<" and ">" are recommended.
##
## If you are running multiple relays, you MUST set this option.
##
#ContactInfo Random Person <nobody AT example dot com>
## You might also include your PGP or GPG fingerprint if you have one.
## Use the full fingerprint, not just a (short) KeyID: KeyIDs are easy
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## See https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq#MultipleRelays
## However, you should never include a bridge's fingerprint here, as it would
## break its concealability and potentially reveal its IP/TCP address.
##
## If you are running multiple relays, you MUST set this option.
##
#MyFamily $keyid,$keyid,...
## Uncomment this if you want your relay to allow IPv6 exit traffic.

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## descriptors containing these lines and that Google indexes them, so
## spammers might also collect them. You may want to obscure the fact that
## it's an email address and/or generate a new address for this purpose.
##
## If you are running multiple relays, you MUST set this option.
##
#ContactInfo Random Person <nobody AT example dot com>
## You might also include your PGP or GPG fingerprint if you have one:
#ContactInfo 0xFFFFFFFF Random Person <nobody AT example dot com>
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## https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq#MultipleRelays
## However, you should never include a bridge's fingerprint here, as it would
## break its concealability and potentially reveal its IP/TCP address.
##
## If you are running multiple relays, you MUST set this option.
##
#MyFamily $keyid,$keyid,...
## Uncomment this if you do *not* want your relay to allow any exit traffic.