Brand new to IRC, question about hexchat/removing networks
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joo_se_hyuk · 2017-06-26 05:18

Hey y'all, IRC newbie here.

So recently I was trying to access a channel on @irchighway.net using
hexchat. I was kinda muddling my way around it, and i did eventually
connect, but I sorta 'created' a new network on hexchat or something
(I hit 'Add' and typed in the channel/server name). I was able to get
to irchighway.net and see all the channels there

Later on I realized that @irchighway.net was selectable from the
default network list, so apparently whatever network i created wasn't
necessary, so I removed it. However, i recall it gave me a weird
prompt that, when removing my created network, I would delete it and
all its servers. I was a little worried that this might delete all of
the channels in the actual irchighway.net (as that's what i ended up
successfully accessing), but it seems that it didn't do that.

In any case, I guess my question is finding out the basics of how the
network system works, and how I was able to access my intended
destination by creating a new network (I still don't understand how I
did it myself!). And also, if I hit 'remove' on one of these default
networks that are displayed upon logging in, will it delete all those
channels in the network? I don't want to accidentally blow up a ton of
group's chats haha.

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irth____ · 2017-06-26 06:00

No it won't, you would need to be an admin and it wouldn't be done
this way. It just deletes the addreses of servers that you have stored
on your computer

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joo_se_hyuk · 2017-06-27 02:50

Ok cool, that makes sense. Thanks!

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BuzzzieBu · 2022-08-02 23:48

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