error in mutt-1.5.8 when autoconf

[Hema K <hemak@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

hi 

iam getting the following when i do autoconf
iam usin autoconf 2.59
if the error is due to version incompatability
then how do i find out which version to use.
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hemak@snowy:~/experi/mutt-1.5.8$ autoconf
configure.in:1: error: possibly undefined macro: dnl
      If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
      See the Autoconf documentation.
configure.in:31: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_MSG_ERROR
configure.in:116: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_DEFINE
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Regards
hema