How to handle Out of office message

We are a Domino shop.  When I go away, like to COMMON, 
I like to use the out of office message.  However I realize 
that it sends some of you into convulsive fits.  I can put 
a do not send on it to certain addresses.  However, when 
I try using the mailing lists it seems to ignore that and 
use the original sender of the message.  I can't put each
list member in the do not send.

I have three options:

1)  Figure out how to get the do not send to work.
2)  Don't use the out of office function.
3)  Withdraw from the mailing list when I take some time 
    away.
4)  Get the list managers to trash out of office messages 
    without trashing the individual.

Can y'all help me with option 1?
Dave, is option 4 possible?
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