Community Building with ChatSpace Server Manual

Advanced (button)
To set the advanced security options, click the Advanced button. The
Advanced Security Options dialog box is displayed.
Flood Detection Fields
Disconnect user when flooding detected—check this box to disconnect a
member if he or she floods the chat room, i.e., too much data is sent too
quickly into the chat server.
Only one penalty per interval—flooding has intervals, such as one or two
seconds, as defined in the Minimum seconds... field below. If you sent
many messages within within this minimum inteval, it is counted as just
one penalty, if this box is checked. Penalties are counted toward the
member being removed from the community. Too many flooding penalties
results i the member being removed from the community. If this box is
not checked, and a user sends a large number messages in the specified
interval, then a penalty is assigned for each message. For example, if 100
messages were sent in two seconds, then 100 penalties would be assessed
for the interval. If this box is checked, then only one penalty is assessed
for this flooding. Using the same example of 100 messages in two seconds,
only one penalty is assessed for the interval.
Minimum seconds between messages—set this field to the shortest
amount of time that two messages can be sent by a member. If two
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