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James_at_Explainify
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4 years ago
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Need to give people a link that they can upload files to my own Dropbox account.

Hello   Newbie here!   Question: is there a way to set up a folder in my dropbox account that will act as a blind drop?  I want to give people an address (or link) to a place where they can u...
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James_at_Explainify
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4 years ago

Thank you Mark

 

I did see that, but I don't think that method is what my client is looking for as it involved a direct request via email.  Rather, they are after (I guess) the dropbox version of a blind FTP server.  Where they can share the address on (for example) a website and anyone can upload files. Or, we can collect files through a web form and send them to a folder behind the scenes (or similar)... or does file request work like that too?

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James_at_Explainify
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4 years ago

Read through that article and tried it out and YES! can see how that would work - thank you!

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