Re: [Dovecot] Backing Up To Windows File Server

On Tuesday, December 13, 2011 at 23:21:09 UTC, asai@globalchangemusic.org confabulated:

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?

AFAIK, the colon is not valid in a windows file name.

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