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It didn't work. I tried *://*\\path* and got the same message <br />
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&quot;The site name cannot be empty, contain spaces or the characters [\\/#@], or be longer than 254 characters or begin with the protocol (i.e. '<a href="http://'" rel="ugc">http://'</a>).&quot;
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It didn't work. I tried *://*\\path* and got the same message

"The site name cannot be empty, contain spaces or the characters [\\/#@], or be longer than 254 characters or begin with the protocol (i.e. 'http://' [http://'])."

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Is it possible to set a crawler impact rule for a file share content source? If so, then how do I specify the path. The site field doesn't &nbsp;accept \\ characters.
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Is it possible to set a crawler impact rule for a file share content source? If so, then how do I specify the path. The site field doesn't  accept \\ characters.

SharePoint 2010 - Crawler Impact Rule for File Share Content Source

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