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AnnaB24's avatar
AnnaB24
Explorer | Level 4
4 months ago

Notification when I share a file

Hi ! 

When I'm sharing a document to someone with the "Share" button, the receiver would like to get an email notification such as "a document has been shared to you, get access with this link". But so far, there are no notification sent. 

It could be either to people who has and hasn't a Dropbox account. 

Can we have a notification sent to people when we ask to share it? 

 

Thank you for your help

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  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    4 months ago
    AnnaB24 wrote:

    I don't know if Dropbox can do something for that ? 

    Unfortunately not - as its local to each user. 

     

    Dropbox does already send out emails and is whitelisted via most providers as much as it can, however, some just don't accept them or move them to things like 'Cluttered Inbox'. 

  • alice_dropbox's avatar
    alice_dropbox
    Icon for Dropbox Product Manager rankDropbox Product Manager
    2 months ago

    Hi AnnaB24 !

    My name is Alice and I'm a product manager working on notifications at Dropbox. We would love to chat with you more on this topic because we think your experience can help us improve notifications at Dropbox. We are hoping to schedule a 30-minute video session via Zoom video-conferencing next week! If you’re interested in speaking with our team, take our short survey so we can learn a bit more about you. A member of our team will review your answers and contact you directly if you’re a fit for our study.
     
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  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
    4 months ago

    They should get am email with notification if its a link, however, many many ISP's block Dropbox emails unfortunately. 

     

    You are much better off copying the link and pasting in to your own email - that way you also have proof of sending should it ever be needed. 

    • AnnaB24's avatar
      AnnaB24
      Explorer | Level 4
      4 months ago

       Thank you for your reply. 
      The notification has been received yesterday (not the summary but the link and the access to the document itself). 
      So emails are note blocked, they are coming really late... Do you have an idea why ? 

      • Hannah's avatar
        Hannah
        Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
        4 months ago

        Hey AnnaB24, can you have your recipient add no-reply@dropbox.com to their email contacts, to see if that helps?

         

        Also, this is a list of email domains that Dropbox uses in an official capacity, so have them make sure that none of them are blocked or black listed.

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