--- snownews-1.5.10/main.c.orig	2008-07-28 05:26:16.000000000 -0400
+++ snownews-1.5.10/main.c	2008-08-02 21:33:01.000000000 -0400
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ void MainQuit (const char * func, const
		/* Do this after everything else. If it doesn't work or hang
		   user can ctrl-c without interfering with the program operation
		   (like writing caches). */
-		AutoVersionCheck();
-
+		/* AutoVersionCheck(); */
+
		exit(0);
	} else {
		printf (_("Aborting program execution!\nAn internal error occured. Snownews has quit, no changes has been saved!\n"));
