Quick Tip: Turn Off Join/Part/Away Messages From Users On Xchat

This one took me a bit to find, but it’s quite a simple fix.  While in a channel in Xchat run this command, then restart Xchat:

/SET irc_conf_mode 1

For a complete list of /Set commands, head on past the break below for the complete list.

List of SET Variables
auto_save	Toggle auto saving of xchat’s config on exit.
auto_save_url	Auto save URLs before quitting to <cfgdir>/url.save.
away_auto_unmark	Toggle automatically unmarking away before message send.
away_reason	Default away reason.
away_show_message	Toggle announcing of away messages.
away_show_once	Show identical away messages only once.
away_size_max	How many users can be away in userlist before they are not colored.
away_timeout	How often in seconds to check for max size for colors in userlist.
away_track	Toggle color change for away users in userlist.
completion_amount	How many nicks starting with input there should be before all are shown in text box. (E.g. if you have ‘k’ and completion_amount is set to 6, and there are 6 more nicks beginning with ‘k’ in the userlist, then all of the nicks starting with ‘k’ are shown in the text box)
completion_auto	Toggle automatic nick completion.
completion_sort	Toggle nick completion sorting in “last talk” order.
completion_suffix	Suffix to be appended to nicks after completion.
dcc_auto_chat	Toggle auto accept for DCC chats.
dcc_auto_resume	Toggle auto resume of DCC transfers.
dcc_auto_send	How to accept DCC transfers. 0=Do not Auto Accept 1=Auto Accept 2=Browse for Folder
dcc_blocksize	The blocksize for DCC transfers.
dcc_completed_dir	Directory to move completed files to.
dcc_dccserver_port	Port for DCCSERVER to run on. (DCCSERVER is off is port is a negative number and on if it is a positive) (On patched builds only)
dcc_dir	Directory to download files to from DCC.
dcc_fast_send	Toggle speed up of DCC transfers by not waiting to heard if last part was received before sending next.
dcc_global_max_get_cps	Max file transfer speed for all downloads combined in bytes per second.
dcc_global_max_send_cps	Max file transfer speed for all uploads combined in bytes per second.
dcc_ip	DCC IP address to bind to.
dcc_ip_from_server	Get address from IRC server.
dcc_max_get_cps	Max file transfer speed for one download in bytes per second.
dcc_max_send_cps	Max file transfer speed for one upload in bytes per second.
dcc_permissions	What permissions to set on received files. (It’s a CHMOD value in decimal, e.g. to CHMOD a file to 644, which is octal, you need to set dcc_permissions to 420, which is it’s decimal equivalent)
dcc_port_first	First DCC port in range. (Leave ports at 0 for full range)
dcc_port_last	Last DCC port in range. (Leave ports at 0 for full range)
dcc_remove	Toggle automatic removal of finished/failed DCCs.
dcc_save_nick	Toggle saving of nicks in filenames.
dcc_send_fillspaces	Replace spaces in filenames with underscores.
dcc_server	Toggle DCCSERVER. (Win32 Official Build Only)
dcc_server_port	Port to run DCCSERVER on. (Win32 Official Build Only)
dcc_stall_timeout	Time in seconds to wait before timing out during a DCC send.
dcc_timeout	Time in seconds to wait before timing out a DCC transfer waiting to be accepted.
dnsprogram	Program to be used for DNS.
flood_ctcp_num	Number of CTCPs within flood_ctcp_time to be considered a flood.
flood_ctcp_time	Time in seconds for use with flood_ctcp_num.
flood_msg_num	Number of messages within flood_msg_time to be considered a flood.
flood_msg_time	Time in seconds for use with flood_msg_num.
gui_auto_open_chat	Toggle auto opening of Direct Chat Window on DCC Chat.
gui_auto_open_dialog	Toggle auto opening of dialog windows.
gui_auto_open_recv	Toggle auto opening of transfer window on DCC Recv.
gui_auto_open_send	Toggle auto opening of transfer window on DCC Send.
gui_dialog_height	New dialog height in pixels.
gui_dialog_left	The X co-ordinance of dialogs when opened.
gui_dialog_top	The Y co-ordinance of dialogs when opened.
gui_dialog_width	New dialog width in pixels.
gui_hide_menu	Hide or unhide menu bar.
gui_input_spell	Toggle spell checking.
gui_input_style	Toggle use of text box colors and fonts in input box.
gui_join_dialog	Toggle join dialog after connect.
gui_lagometer	Toggle types of Lag-O-Meters. 0=Off 1=Graph 2=Text 3=Both
gui_mode_buttons	Toggle mode buttons.
gui_pane_left_size	Change size left pane.
gui_pane_right_size	Change size right pane.
gui_quit_dialog	Toggle quit dialog.
gui_slist_select	The number of the server to select by default in the server list starting at 0. (E.g. to select the 67th server, set it to 66)
gui_slist_skip	Toggle server list on startup.
gui_throttlemeter	Toggle types of throttle meters. 0=Off 1=Graph 2=Text 3=Both
gui_topicbar	Toggle topic bar.
gui_tray	Enable system tray icon.
gui_tray_flags	Set tray flags. 0=Off 1=Hide to tray on exit 2=Don’t show balloons unless hidden or iconified 4=Minimize to trayAdd the numbers up if you want to use more than one of these options, e.g. set to 6 to enable option 2 and 4. Add to current bit mask: /set -or gui_tray_flags <n> or Add to current bit mask: /set -on gui_tray_flags <n> Remove from current bit mask: /set -off gui_tray_flags <n>
gui_tweaks	Set gui tweaks. 0=Off 1=Show useramount in titlebar 2=Hide button next to your nickname 4=Swap the middle and left panes (allows side-by-side userlist/tree) 8=Disable tree-view dotted connecting lines 16=Show channel modes in titlebar when key is set 32=Smaller treeview/userlist row spacing (compact mode) (2.8.6+) 64=Disable userlist icons (use text symbols) (2.8.7d+) 128=Disable text attribute button (2.8.7e+)Add the numbers up if you want to use more than one of these options, e.g. set to 42 to enable option 2,8 and 32. Add to current bit mask: /set -or gui_tweaks <n> or Add to current bit mask: /set -on gui_tweaks <n> Remove from current bit mask: /set -off gui_tweaks <n>
gui_ulist_buttons	Toggle userlist buttons.
gui_ulist_doubleclick	Command to run upon double click of user in userlist.
gui_ulist_hide	Hides userlist.
gui_ulist_left	Obsolete.
gui_ulist_pos	Set userlist position. 1=Left-Upper 2=Left-Lower 3=Right-Upper 4=Right-Lower
gui_ulist_resizable	Toggle resizable userlist.
gui_ulist_show_hosts	Toggle user’s hosts displaying in userlist.
gui_ulist_sort	How to sort users in the userlist. 0=A-Z with Ops first 1=A-Z 2=A-Z with Ops last 3=Z-A 4=Unsorted
gui_ulist_style	Toggle use of text box colors and fonts in userlist.
gui_url_mod	How to handle URLs when clicked. (And what to hold.) 0=Left Click Only 1=Shift 2=Caps Lock 4=CTRL 8=ALT
gui_usermenu	Toggle editable usermenu.
gui_win_height	Main window height in pixels.
gui_win_left	The X co-ordinance of main window when opened.
gui_win_save	Toggles saving of state on exit.
gui_win_state	Default state of the main window. 0=Not Maximized 1=Maximized
gui_win_top	The Y co-ordinance of main window when opened.
gui_win_width	Main window width in pixels.
identd	Toggle internal IDENTD. (Win32 Only)
input_balloon_chans	Show tray balloons on channel messages.
input_balloon_hilight	Show tray balloons on highlighted messages.
input_balloon_priv	Show tray balloons on private messages.
input_balloon_time	Set balloons appearing time.
input_beep_chans	Toggle beep on channel messages.
input_beep_hilight	Toggle beep on highlighted messages.
input_beep_msg	Toggle beep on private messages.
input_command_char	Character used to execute commands. (E.g. if set to ‘[‘ then you would use commands like ‘[me jumps around’)
input_filter_beep	Toggle filtering of beeps sent by others.
input_flash_chans	Toggle whether or not to flash taskbar on channel messages.
input_flash_hilight	Toggle whether or not to flash taskbar on highlighted messages.
input_flash_priv	Toggle whether or not to flash taskbar on private messages.
input_perc_ascii	Toggle interpreting of %nnn as ASCII value.
input_perc_color	Toggle interpreting of %C, %B as color, bold, etc.
input_tray_chans	Blink tray icon on channel messages.
input_tray_hilight	Blink tray icon on highlighted messages.
input_tray_priv	Blink tray icon on private messages.
irc_auto_rejoin	Toggle auto rejoining when kicked.
irc_ban_type	The default ban type to use for all bans. 0=*!*@*.host 1=*!*@domain 2=*!*user@*.host 3=*!*user@domain
irc_conf_mode	Toggle hiding of join, part and quit messages. (More info) 0=Show join/part/quits 1=Hide join/part/quits
irc_extra_hilight	Extra words to highlight on.
irc_hide_version	Toggle hiding of VERSION reply.
irc_id_ntext	$4 in the channel message, channel message hilight and private message events if unidentified.
irc_id_ytext	$4 in the channel message, channel message hilight and private message events if identified.
irc_invisible	Toggle invisible mode (+i).
irc_join_delay	How long to delay auto-joining a channel after connect.
irc_logging	Toggle logging.
irc_logmask	Mask used to create log filenames. (Strftime)
irc_nick1	First choice nick.
irc_nick2	Second choice nick.
irc_nick3	Third choice nick.
irc_nick_hilight	What nicks to highlight when they talk.
irc_no_hilight	Nicks not to highlight on.
irc_part_reason	Default reason when leaving channel.
irc_quit_reason	Default quit reason.
irc_raw_modes	Toggle RAW channel modes.
irc_real_name	Real name to be sent to server.
irc_servernotice	Toggle receiving of server notices.
irc_skip_motd	Toggle skipping of server MOTD.
irc_user_name	Username to be sent to server.
irc_wallops	Toggle receiving wallops.
irc_who_join	Toggle running WHO after joining channel.
irc_whois_front	Toggle whois results being sent to currently active tab.
net_auto_reconnect	Toggle auto reconnect to server.
net_auto_reconnectonfail	Toggle auto reconnect upon failed connection.
net_bind_host	Network address to bind XChat to.
net_ping_timeout	How long server ping has to be to timeout.
net_proxy_auth	Toggle proxy authentication.
net_proxy_host	Proxy host to use.
net_proxy_pass	Password to use if proxy authentication is turned on.
net_proxy_port	Port to use for proxy host.
net_proxy_type	Type of proxy to use. 0=Disabled 1=Wingate 2=Socks4 3=Socks5 4=HTTP 5=MS Proxy (ISA)
net_proxy_use	What to use proxies for (if set). 0=All 1=IRC Only 2=DCC Only
net_proxy_user	Username to use if proxy authentication is turned on.
net_reconnect_delay	How many seconds to wait before reconnection.
net_throttle	Toggle flood protection (to keep from getting kicked).
notify_timeout	How often in seconds to check for users in your notify list.
notify_whois_online	Toggle performing WHOIS on users on your notify list when they come online.
perl_warnings	Toggle perl warnings. (Recommended left to OFF)
sound_command	Command to use to run sounds.
sound_dir	Directory where sounds are located.
stamp_log	Toggle timestamps in logs.
stamp_log_format	Format to use for log timestamps. (Strftime)
stamp_text	Toggle timestamps in text box.
stamp_text_format	Format to use for timestamps in textbox. (Strftime)
tab_chans	Open channels in tabs instead of windows.
tab_dialogs	Open dialogs in tabs instead of windows.
tab_icons	Toggle treeview icons. (Win32 Official build only)
tab_layout	Use treeview or tabs. 0=Tabs 2=Treeview
tab_new_to_front	When to focus new tabs. 0=Never 1=Always 2=Only on requested tabs
tab_notices	Open up extra tabs for server notices.
tab_pos	Set position of tabs. 1=Left-Upper 2=Left 3=Right-Upper 4=Right 5=Top 6=Bottom 7=Hidden
tab_position	Obsolete.
tab_server	Open an extra tab for server messages.
tab_small	Set small tabs. 0=Off 1=Small tabs 2=Extra small tabs
tab_sort	Toggle alphabetical sorting of tabs.
tab_trunc	Number or letters to shorten tab names to.
tab_utils	Open utils in tabs instead of windows.
tab_xp	Toggle Windows-XP style tabs. (Win32 Official build only)
text_background	Sets the background image for text box.
text_color_nicks	Toggle colored nicks.
text_emoticons	Toggle graphical smilies. (Win32 Official build only)
text_font	Font to be used.
text_indent	Toggle text indentation.
text_max_indent	Max pixels to indent text with.
text_max_lines	Max number or scrollback lines.
text_replay	Reloads conversation buffers on next startup.
text_show_marker	Toggle red marker line feature.
text_show_sep	Toggle separator line.
text_stripcolor	Toggle strip colors. 0=Off 1=Strip messages (Win32 2.8.7+) 2=Strip topic (Win32 2.8.7+) 3=Strip both (Win32 2.8.7+)
text_thin_sep	Use thin separator line instead of thick line.
text_tint_blue	Tint of blue to use for transparency settings.
text_tint_green	Tint of green to use for transparency settings.
text_tint_red	Tint of red to use for transparency settings.
text_transparent	Toggle transparent background.
text_wordwrap	Toggle wordwrap.