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spherious
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6 years ago
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How can I share with people who don't have Dropbox and allow them to view?

i share a file, enter the address of the recipient, set it to view only, enter a message and send it.   Problem: the recipient is asked to login or create a Dropbox account. But Dropbox says:  ...
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    Rich
    6 years ago
    spherious wrote:

    i share a file, enter the address of the recipient, set it to view only, enter a message and send it.

    Sharing a file with view-only access is different from sharing a link to a file. Sharing with view-only access requires the recipient to have a Dropbox account, and the file will sync to their own account. Creating a share link to the file still provides view-only access, but doesn't require a Dropbox account. Anyone with the link can view or download the file.

     

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Rich
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6 years ago
spherious wrote:

i share a file, enter the address of the recipient, set it to view only, enter a message and send it.

Sharing a file with view-only access is different from sharing a link to a file. Sharing with view-only access requires the recipient to have a Dropbox account, and the file will sync to their own account. Creating a share link to the file still provides view-only access, but doesn't require a Dropbox account. Anyone with the link can view or download the file.

 

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