> I had it also. :(  The latest elm in pkgsrc (elm-2.4ME+54) seems to be
> fine.  Are you saying that it is not working for you?
> (are my headers still hosed??)

Unfortunately there is no i386 binary package for elm-2.4ME-54 available,
see:
 ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/pkgsrc/mail/elm/README.html

 Also very unfortunate is that I cannot compile pkgsrc right now :-) 
Trying another solution for now, thanks for pointing put +54 !

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Markus Illenseer