[Dovecot] Backing Up To Windows File Server

[Willie Gillespie]

On 12/13/2011 04:21 PM, Asai wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> Working with dsync and setting up backups to a Windows file server.
> Problem seems to be that Windows is renaming the dovecot mail files
> (maildir) to Windows friendly filenames, and losing the Dovecot name.
> For example,
> 1323817925.M36368P32049.triata.globalchangemultimedia.net,S=2255,W=2318:2,S
> becomes 1AETPH~X.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas about how to tell Windows to not do this? Or
> is it not possible?

Don't have any answers for you, but I know that : is an invalid 
character in Windows filenames, so that could have something to do with it.