punctuation in attachment file names
 

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?

punctuation in attachment file names
 

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

? [ ] / \ = + : ; " ,


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| 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?
|