--- mailmsg.cc.orig	Sat Feb 19 21:38:48 2000
+++ mailmsg.cc	Sat Feb 19 21:39:24 2000
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
 						continue;
 					}
 					schar = 
-					  ((*status == ' ') ? "R" : status);
+					  ((*status == ' ') ? (char *)"R" : status);
 					*sptr = *schar;
 					NewField("Status", schar);
 					status_written = 1;
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@
 				char *schar;
 				sptr = new char[strlen("Status: ")+2+1];
 				strcpy(sptr, "Status: ");
-				schar = ((*status == ' ') ? "R" : status);
+				schar = ((*status == ' ') ? (char *)"R" : status);
 				strcat(sptr, schar); strcat(sptr, "\n");
 				QueueRing(ringbuf, sptr, strlen(sptr));
 				delete[] sptr;