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ae2rigc
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10 years ago
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Ending support of public folder

Just heard from dropbox that support for the public folder is ending.   --------- As a result, we’ll soon be ending support for the Public folder. Dropbox Pro users will be able to use the Publ...
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  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    10 years ago
    LGM - the issue is that people are abusing it and causing issues for everybody by getting the Dropbox domains blacklisted which cause emails to fail and downloads to be blocked by firewalls etc.

    In terms of changing the extension, sorry, no idea how you would do that!
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Scorpion66
New member | Level 2
10 years ago

I am in exact same position as narikka having used drop box for years using links for photos on review forums. No way can i waste the rest of my life redoing all the links to photos. Cheers dropbox you just screwed up about 5 years worth of post + reviews for no real reason. 

 

Not at all happy you seriously need a rethink on this :-(

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sevignymarca
New member | Level 2
10 years ago

Same thing for me! And worst! The new URL created the new way don't even work with my signage display! So I cannot use Dropbox anymore! :-(((

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