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From: Eric Ogren <pitlord@dementia.net>
To: Victor Manuel Carranza Gonzalez <victor@usac.edu.gt>
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Subject: Re: IRC server operation...
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> 
> The problem is that when the last user leaves the channel, the server
> automatically deletes it. This does not happen with other servers where
> the channels remain open even with no users logged on. How can you do that
> with this server?

 No, the channel is automatically deleted on all servers. There is no way
for a channel to remain in existence with nobody at all in it, as this
would just eat way too much memory.
 The only thing I can think of is if you're doing a /names #<channel> to
see who's in it. This isn't a good measure of reliability, as people with
the IRC mode +i can't be seen like that.
 I don't know how new you are to IRC, sorry if this is a little too
complicated =)

> 
> I think you are right... sorry. As I said before, I am new to IRC and IRC
> terms. Forget about that question :)
okie dokie =)
> 
> Victor
> 
>