Hi Johan,
On Feb 21, 2013, at 11:17 PM, Johan Vromans jvromans@squirrel.nl wrote:
Just a friendly advice: In general, it is not appreciated when an application 'phones home' without a very clear notice in the accompanying documentation, and even then it should be done only when explicitly opted-in.
99% of software I use calls to home to check for the latest version. This functionality is enabled by default in nearly all new software, because there is no other way to force users to upgrade (if you show them a "new version is available" message, it force them to upgrade sooner or later :-)))). This functionality was added because I've got a ton of bugreports for old version of CardDavMATE (but these were usually fixed few months back in newer versions).
There is also a "check for new version" configuration option so this functionality is NOT HIDDEN (it is also explicitly listed at the web site - "automatic detection of software updates"). But if you want to completely disable it, use:
globalNewVersionNotifyUsers=null;
JM