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Section 1
Introduction & New Features
Section 2
Community Directory
Section 3
Getting Started
Section 4
Sending Email, Files and Memos
Section 5
Entering a Different Room
 Section 6
What to do if Someone is Bothering You
Section 7
Room Moderators
 Section 8
Own Your Own Room
Section 9
Operators and Administrators
Section 10
Room Transcripts
 Section 11
 Connecting Servers
 Server Owners
 General Configuration
 Client Configuration
 Clustering
 Security
 Rooms
 Operators
Section 12
Letting Users Connect to Your System
Section 13
Auditing Server Activity
Section 14
Web Page Builders
Section 15
Customizing Your Java Client
Appendix 1
IRC Commands
Appendix 2
The ChatSpace Database Layout


Section 11

Connecting Servers

You may connect or disconnect other servers to your server if they are defined. Only the server's owner can set up these definitions. To check which (if any) servers are allowed to link to your server, click on the Rooms Option button. When the Room Options dialog appears, click on the Servers Tab. The top box (labeled "Defined Servers") will illustrate which servers are allowed to link to your server. The bottom box ("Connected Servers") shows which servers are currently connected.

To connect a server, highlight the server in the Defined Servers box and press the Connect button. Keep an eye on the Server Messages box (Chat Options >Messages button). If the server experiences a problem connecting, the reason will be displayed.

To disconnect a currently linked server, highlight the server in the Connected Servers box and press Disconnect.

Server Owners

Configuring ChatSpace

Once installed, ChatSpace requires no initial configuration. It does, however provide a rich set of customizable configuration elements.

ChatSpace Configuration Tool

To configure ChatSpace, launch the ChatSpace Control Panel by double-clicking the ChatSpace icon in the desktop's taskbar "tray", or by selecting “Control Chatspace” from the program’s entry in your Windows Start Menu:

e.g. Start-» Programs -» ChatSpace-» Control ChatSpace

When the Control Panel appears, press the Configure button to launch the ChatSpace Configuration Tool.

On the Control Panel, press the Configure button to launch the ChatSpace Configuration Tool.

The ChatSpace Configuration Tool is a tabbed "property sheet." Each tab contains fields, buttons and choices that allow you to control the way ChatSpace functions. The tabs are:

General

Server Name, Contact Information, Network settings, Database Properties.

Client

Client Class Definitions, Server Welcome Message

Clustering

Server-to-Server networking. Definitions of other servers this server connects to.

Security

Server Bans, forbidden words, restricted Nicknames, Audit Records, Spoof and flood protection.

Community

Controls your server's listing in the ChatSpace Community Directory.

Rooms

Room parameters, including definition of Registered Rooms.

Members

Registered Nickname parameters.

Remote Administration

Many of the settings that can be set from the ChatSpace Configuration Tool can also be set from the Remote Administration Interface, which can be accessed while chatting.

Context Sensitive Help

For Help with specific items on each tab, highlight the item with the mouse, and right-click. If a "What's This?" menu is displayed, click on it for help. If no menu appears, then right click on the label field adjacent to the control you require help with.

 You may also click the "?" in the upper right-hand corner of the window, and click on the item for which help is needed.
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