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Administering Conferences and News Channels

This section contains the following information:

Conference and News Channel Management Overview

When working with conferences, the title of this window is Manage Conferences. When working with news channels, the title is News Channel Administration.

The Administration windows provide the following capabilities (the ability to perform these functions depends on the access assigned by your administrator or technical support center).

To see this window for conference rooms, select the Conference tab and select Manage Conferences from the File menu of the main Instant Messenger window.

To see this window for news channels, select News from the Tools menu of the main Instant Messenger window. In the News Channel window select the Manage News Channel option in the Tools menu in the News Channel window. The Manage News Channel is displayed. Select the News Channel Administration button.

The Manage Conferences and the News Channel Administration windows contain the following items:

To Remove a Contact from Conferences or News Channels

To remove a user or group from conferences or news channels, you must have the proper privilege to that conference room or news channel.

  1. Display the conference or the News Channel Administration window:
  2. Conferences: Select the Conferences tab in the Main window and choose Manage Conferences from the File menu:

    The Manage Conferences window appears.

    News Channels: From the Tools menu in the Main window, select News. The News window appears. Select Manage News Channel from the Tools menu of the News window. Click the News Administration button. The News Channel Administration window appears.

  3. Select a conference or news channel from the list.
  4. Select the users or groups to be removed and click Remove.
  5. When done, click Close to return to the Manage News Channel window.

  6. Note

    The removed contact might still have access to the conference room or news channel after being removed, if the default access for the conference room or news channel is Manage, Read, or Write.



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