punctuation in attachment file names

[netacct1001]

I've noticed that when people in my office exchange e-mail with
attachments that have punctuation in the file name, the punctuation
frequently gets removed from the file name - such as with an
attachment named "Firstname, Lastname.doc" somewhere along the way,
the comma gets deleted.

This is a problem because people end-up with 2 versions of the file -
one with comma and one without.

Does anyone know how this happens or what the rules are for
permissible punctuation marks?

 

[Tom Willett]

The comma is an illegal character in Windows files. The following cannot be
used:

? [ ] / \ = + < > : ; " ,


| I've noticed that when people in my office exchange e-mail with
| attachments that have punctuation in the file name, the punctuation
| frequently gets removed from the file name - such as with an
| attachment named "Firstname, Lastname.doc" somewhere along the way,
| the comma gets deleted.
|
| This is a problem because people end-up with 2 versions of the file -
| one with comma and one without.
|
| Does anyone know how this happens or what the rules are for
| permissible punctuation marks?
|