Control Client Connections to a Chat Community

There are a number of ways to control client access to a chat community. You can:

• Limit the number of client connections
• Restrict access to a chat community or a channel to allow only authenticated users
• Create a user class to impose restrictions on a group of users
• Ban a user who demonstrates inappropriate behavior
• Disable all access to the chat community
• Disconnect users from the chat service completely

Limiting the Number of Client Connections to a Chat Community

To limit the number of client connections to a chat community, you can use either the General tab in the IRCX protocol folder, or the chat community's General tab. If you set the limit from the IRCX protocol folder, the limit affects only the community hosted on the server related to the IRCX protocol. If you set this limit from the chat community's General tab, it affects all appearances of the chat community, on any server that hosts the community.

Important   If the number of client connections is set using both options listed here, the system compares the two values and chooses the lesser of the two.

To limit client connections from a chat community's General tab:

1. Start System Manager
   On the Start menu, point to Programs, point to Microsoft Exchange, and then click System Manager.
2. Navigate to the chat community on which you want to control the number of client connections.

   Chat Communities

   1. Chat_community_name
3. Right-click the chat community, and then click Properties.
4. On the community's General tab, under Connection limits, type the appropriate number of client connections in Maximum total connections and Maximum anonymous connections.

To limit client connections from the IRCX protocol General tab:

1. Start System Manager
   On the Start menu, point to Programs, point to Microsoft Exchange, and then click System Manager.
2. Navigate to the IRCX protocol folder for the server that hosts the chat community.

   Servers

   1. Server_name
   2. Protocols
   3. IRCX

   • Right-click IRCX, and then click Properties.
   • On the IRCX protocol's General tab, in the list of chat communities hosted on this server, click the chat community in which you want to control client connections.
   • Click Properties.
   • On the Chat Community tab, make an entry in Maximum total connections to set the number of client connections allowed for this chat community.

   • Note   The number allowed in this box can range from 0 to 99,999.

This section contains the following topics:

• Ban a User
• Create a User Class

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