system chat

Is this even the right place to post this? Oh well, I'm currently playing in open play and I entered a system and began seeing some people chatting in '[SYSTEM]' chat. I noticed a few names talking together in the chat. However once I jumped to a new system I was still seeing those same players...

It's been stuck this way for much of the weekend now, through multiple logins and reboots. I've tried all the different settings (full right icon in chat panel), and nothing fixes this. Maybe I should be thankful, since system chat can be the dregs, but sometimes it is a fun place to hang out...

Are there any settings in ED that let me customize what's recorded in my journal log files? For example, I have system chat hidden in-game, yet my journal is still recording system chats, which is a FLOOD of pretty terrible rubbish here in Borann. I have zero need to record this garbage and thus...