Error at or Near Variable

Some older compilers don’t recognize the "void *" expression. With such compilers, you might see an error something like this:

"./sendmail.h", line 735: syntax error at or near variable name "void"

If you get an error like this, you should define ARBPTR_T (...T on page 148) like this:

APPENDDEF(`confENVDEF', `-DARBPTR_T=\"char *\"')

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