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janice259
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2 years ago

Sharing using a Copied Link versus folder.

Our firm has Dropbox Business. I usually use "Copy Link" and then copy the link and send an email to recipients outside of our firm so that they may access and download documents. I set it so anyone ...
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Rich
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2 years ago
janice259 wrote:

Lately, I notice that sometimes the recipient might forward my email with the link their assistant to download for them. When that assistant tries to access the file, I get an email from Dropbox saying that person wants to join my shared folder.

Did you send a "can view" or "can edit" link? Check the defaults for your links and make sure you have it set to Can View as the default. When you send a link with Can Edit permissions, anyone accessing the link needs a Dropbox account and needs explicit permission to access the link.

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