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andreasfmpro's avatar
andreasfmpro
Helpful | Level 6
4 years ago

Bogus warning from Dropbox

Dropbox keeps sending me bogus messages that my dropbox is full and that my files will soon stop syncing.   My dropbox is NOT full, and I resent receiving all these bogus messages. I'm afraid thi...
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anonymous's avatar
anonymous
3 years ago

Received an alarming email this morning about how my files are about to stop syncing if I add even one more file and knowing that I still have a good amount of space yet, I thought it might be spam or a phishing attack. Nope, turns out it's from Dropbox proper and I was taken to a page saying that I had used 15.52 GB of my 2GB of space. And this was further alarming b/c I should have about ~18 GB after my years of recommendations to new users. Lo and behold, checking my actual account, I do indeed have ~18 GB of space in my account.

 

So, is this Dropbox demonstrating an inability to correctly count GB, which is pretty alarming for a service that's entirely based around storing data, or is it a malicious phase of marketing that we're in and I should just plan on finding an alternative to dropbox?

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