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gerry_51
2 days agoExplorer | Level 4
Why would an organization not accept a JPEG file uploaded from Dropbox?
As part of onboarding for a particular organization I had to upload an image of a particular document. Having taken the picture on my phone I uploaded it to Dropbox so that I could then easily uploa...
Mark
2 days agoSuper User II
gerry_51 wrote:However, I got a message back that the email failed "due to security restrictions" (unspecified). I presume I'll hear back from the organization in due course regarding this.
Depending upon how the upload system works its possible that they have set a limitation to what the files are. For example it may be limited to .PDF only.
There have been cases where upload forms are used to submit random pornography etc. and so the employer could be trying to protect people.
JPEG's can also have viruses and malware in them, so, it may just be a security setting to reduce risk.
- gerry_512 days agoExplorer | Level 4
They accept PDFs and JPEGs and various other file types. Presumably they scan any files they receive.
I'm really curious to know what they think the "security risk" is. They'll let me know, I guess. Anyway, as per information from Rich I know it can't have anything to do with Dropbox so I won't bother you folks further on this.
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