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SMBClient does not accept domain.example.com@SSL URL format, until it sometimes does for a while - WebDAV redirect not triggering

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So I have set up an SMB server running over HTTPS, and am trying to connect to it via a URL like \\domain.example.com@SSL\path\to\file.txt

However, Windows fails to connect to it, and the SMBClient logs reveal an object not found error relating to domain.example.com@SSL - clearly it does not like that syntax

So I tried removing it - \\domain.example.com\path\to\file.txt, thinking that when SMB fails, the WebDAV redirector should take over - but it does not, the SMBClient log shows a timeout error, then nothing.

The odd thing is, in some cases, when I explicitly open anything on the server first, with net use or start [path] for example on the @SSL path, everything else using starts working right away as expected until a reboot

I'm assuming something is being cached to bypass the DNS issue

My question is, what am I doing wrong, and how do I get the WebDAV redirector to properly trigger for 1st time connection attempts

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