Hosting Chat Communities

Delete a Channel

Deleting the appearance of a registered channel from System Manager is only the first step to destroying a registered channel running in a chat community.

To delete the appearance of the channel from System Manager:

  1. Start System Manager
    On the Start menu, point to Programs, point to Microsoft Exchange, and then click System Manager.
  2. Navigate to the Channels folder for the chat community where you want to close a channel.

    Chat Communities

    1. Chat_community_name
    2. Channels
  3. Click the Channels folder.
  4. In the Details pane, right-click the channel you want to delete.
  5. On the Action menu, click Delete.
  6. When the confirmation dialog box queries, Are you sure you want to delete the following channel?, choose Yes.

Important   After you have performed these steps, log on to a chat client as a sysop or administrator and issue the IRC Kill command to permanently destroy the channel.