> > It's a very common problem with Groupwise.
>
>         Yes, it is.  It still makes it ``bad behaviour'', even if it is
> common.  I know that groupwise seems to not have much (if anything) that
> is user configurable.  And, indeed the ``holiday program'', may be
> something that is initiated by the groupwise admin.  Which means annoying
> the users will do little, until the users annoy the admin enough to
> actually figure out a way to make it behave, or decide not to use the
> ``holiday program''.  Which may for various reasons be a good idea
> anyways...
>
>                                                         Jessica

Yes, I agree that it's Groupwise that is behaving badly, not LISTSERV.
A Groupwise admin here tried to come up with a better version, with
mixed success.  Had trouble getting people to use it.  Apparently he
could not just replace the stock Groupwise function.