--- Makefile.in.new3	Tue Jul  6 02:40:20 1999
+++ Makefile.in	Tue Jul  6 02:49:55 1999
@@ -37,10 +37,11 @@
 
 all: $(PROGS) 
 
-%-mail: msg2archive.c lists.h
+#using static pattern rules for this special situation
+$(LISTS:%=%-mail): %-mail: msg2archive.c lists.h
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -DLIST_$* -o $@ msg2archive.c
 
-%-rdmsg: mbox2hypermail.c lists.h
+$(LISTS:%=%-rdmsg): %-rdmsg: mbox2hypermail.c lists.h
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -DLIST_$* -o $@ mbox2hypermail.c