--- c:/test-mailman-2.2/Mailman/MailList.py	2008-08-22 15:48:58.500000000 -0700
+++ c:/test-mailman/Mailman/MailList.py	2008-11-02 21:49:50.447344300 -0800
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@
 
 EMPTYSTRING = ''
 OR = '|'
+# The magic listname length beyond which list-request becomes listreq
+MAGIC_LENGTH = 10
 
 try:
     True, False
@@ -188,6 +190,8 @@
     def getListAddress(self, extra=None):
         if extra is None:
             return '%s@%s' % (self.internal_name(), self.host_name)
+        if len(self.internal_name()) > MAGIC_LENGTH and extra == 'request':
+            return '%sreq@%s' % (self.internal_name(), self.host_name)
         return '%s-%s@%s' % (self.internal_name(), extra, self.host_name)
 
     # For backwards compatibility