File names corrupting over SMB

Hi,
I have a 10.4.10 server sharing files over SMB but any files with punctuation in them ( . / @ ) corrupt when viewed from a Client machine - looking at the original files on the server itself shows no problem.
I am unable to use AFP to share these files due to Permissions issues with Office 2004 docs where AFP allows simultaneous full read & write access to two or more Users.
Is there a way to prevent this file name corruption other than renaming all the relevant files by hand?
Thanks,
Paul.

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