Use this property sheet to configure general Chat Service properties such as the service name, which chat protocols the server can accept from clients, and client connection limits.
This property sheet contains the following options.
| Option | Description |
| Service name | Designates the name of the service displayed to chat users when they run
commands such as LINKS from a chat client. The default service
name is the name of the Windows NT Server running Chat Service.
You can modify Service name to conceal the real name of the server. This provides a degree of security on chat networks that users access from the Internet. |
| Intranet mode | Indicates that the chat server is operating on a private network and can accept connections from chat clients whose IP address has not been validated. Because connections originating from clients on a private network are typically considered legitimate, the server does not need to validate the IP address of a client requesting a connection. The DNS Look-up option is disabled if Intranet mode is selected. |
| DNS look-up | Indicates whether the chat server must resolve (or try to resolve) a chat
client's IP address before allowing the client to connect to the service.
Disable directs the server not to resolve the IP address of a chat client that is requesting a connection to the chat service. This is the least secure option, especially if the chat server is available to clients on the Internet. Attempt directs the server to try to resolve the IP address of an incoming client. If no valid Domain Name System (DNS) host name is returned, the server still allows the client to connect to the chat service. Require directs the server to look up and resolve the IP address of an incoming client. If the DNS look-up does not return a valid DNS host name, the client connection is refused. This is the most secure option. |
| Server protocol | Designates the chat client protocol that Chat Service will accept connections
from.
Important Server extensions running on a chat server that allows connections from MIC clients may not operate as expected.
MIC and IRC/IRCX directs Chat Service to accept connections from Microsoft Internet Chat (MIC), Internet Relay Chat (IRC), and Extended IRC (IRCX) clients. MIC only directs Chat Service to accept connections only from MIC clients. IRC/IRCX only directs Chat Service to accept connections only from IRC and IRCX clients. |
| Maximum server connections | Sets the maximum number of chat client connections allowed on the server. |
| Maximum anonymous connections | Sets the maximum number of anonymous client connections allowed on the server. |
| Disable new connections | Prevents the server from accepting new client connections. |