[fetchmail] configure with ssl : socket.c cant find ssl.h etc...

Hi list, im trying to compile the newest sendmail tarball.

is start the configure script as shown :

./configure --with-ssl=/usr/local/ssl/include/openssl


the configure script is exiting with the following error:

makedepend: warning:  socket.c, line 504: cannot find include file
"openssl/ssl.h"
        not in openssl/ssl.h
        not in openssl/ssl.h
        not in /usr/local/lib/gcc-include/openssl/ssl.h
        not in /usr/include/openssl/ssl.h
        not in /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-suse-linux/3.2/include/openssl/ssl.h
makedepend: warning:  socket.c, line 505: cannot find include file
"openssl/err.h"
        not in openssl/err.h
        not in openssl/err.h
        not in /usr/local/lib/gcc-include/openssl/err.h
        not in /usr/include/openssl/err.h
        not in /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-suse-linux/3.2/include/openssl/err.h
makedepend: warning:  socket.c, line 506: cannot find include file
"openssl/pem.h"
        not in openssl/pem.h
        not in openssl/pem.h
        not in /usr/local/lib/gcc-include/openssl/pem.h
        not in /usr/include/openssl/pem.h
        not in /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-suse-linux/3.2/include/openssl/pem.h
makedepend: warning:  socket.c, line 507: cannot find include file
"openssl/x509.h"
        not in openssl/x509.h
        not in openssl/x509.h
        not in /usr/local/lib/gcc-include/openssl/x509.h
        not in /usr/include/openssl/x509.h
        not in /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-suse-linux/3.2/include/openssl/x509.h

any suggestions ??

thanks for help