--- src/common/cfgfiles.c.orig	Mon Mar 29 15:46:01 2004
+++ src/common/cfgfiles.c	Mon Mar 29 15:46:20 2004
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@
 
 		prefs.autoresume = 1;
 		prefs.show_away_once = 1;
-		prefs.show_away_message = 1;
+		prefs.show_away_message = 0;
 		prefs.indent_pixels = 80;
 		prefs.dialog_indent_pixels = 80;
 		prefs.indent_nicks = 1;