Daniel

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Daniel

Sun, 12 Aug 2018 13:05:13 +0200

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How long does it take for old channels to completely expire and disappear from the network?
I had a redmatrix instance a couple of years back that I just deleted. The channel daniel@rm.besaid.de still floats around the network, despite the server being down for at least 2 years, probably more.
Is there any way to get rid of it if I cannot import it somewhere and then delete it?

Another interesting detail: When browsing the directory and limiting it to just my hub I see my old channel, despite the difference in the URL (rm.besaid.de vs besaid.de).

Mario Vavti

Sun, 12 Aug 2018 13:49:16 +0200

If you just deleted your old instance, you probably did not delete your channel. That means the channel is not marked deleted anywhere.
If you still have the old channel somewhere, you could probably revive it and delete properly.

Daniel

Sun, 12 Aug 2018 13:52:07 +0200

I'm pretty sure I have no backup anywhere.

Mike Macgirvin

Sun, 12 Aug 2018 13:58:41 +0200

That's probably a bug. If a channel doesn't ping a directory server once a month it should be marked dead after a month or two and should stop being shown in the directory. The "site" query might not look for this.