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gd1235
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20 days ago

Can someone with a paid account share their storage space with me?

I have a client who has a paid subscription dropbox - I am using the free version can this client share his storage with me? he shares his file but since i reach the space my files are not syncing wi...
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Mark
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20 days ago
gd1235 wrote:

can this client share his storage with me?

No. His space does not benefit you at all. 

If you have 2gb of free space that's all you can sync from his account. If his shared folder is bigger than that you cannot sync anything/it would stop. 

If you need read only access ask for read only links instead. 

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