Standard channels

RFC 2811: Internet Relay Chat: Channel management
3.1 Standard channels


   These channels are created implicitly when the first user joins it,
   and cease to exist when the last user leaves it.  While the channel
   exists, any client can reference the channel using the name of the
   channel.

   The user creating a channel automatically becomes channel operator
   with the notable exception of channels which name is prefixed by the
   character '+', see section 4 (Channel modes).  See section 2.4.1
   (Channel Operators) for more details on this title.
   In order to avoid the creation of duplicate channels (typically when
   the IRC network becomes disjoint because of a split between two
   servers), channel names SHOULD NOT be allowed to be reused by a user
   if a channel operator (See Section 2.4.1 (Channel Operators)) has
   recently left the channel because of a network split.  If this
   happens, the channel name is temporarily unavailable.  The duration
   while a channel remains unavailable should be tuned on a per IRC
   network basis.  It is important to note that this prevents local
   users from creating a channel using the same name, but does not
   prevent the channel to be recreated by a remote user. The latter
   typically happens when the IRC network rejoins.  Obviously, this
   mechanism only makes sense for channels which name begins with the
   character '#', but MAY be used for channels which name begins with
   the character '+'.  This mechanism is commonly known as "Channel
   Delay".




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