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Graham-7
Helpful | Level 5
3 years ago
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Is the email: em-s.dropbox.com legitimate? [Answer: Yes]

I have received an e-mail telling me of a new document available for me in Dropbox. The e-mail is from an address that ends with " em-s.dropbox.com ". Can anybody confirm that " em-s. " is a valid ad...
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  • BenDBX's avatar
    BenDBX
    3 years ago

    Hi Everybody,

     

    I can confirm that these emails were sent from the Dropbox domain and are not harmful. This is one of the official domains Dropbox uses to send out emails. You can find the full list of domains here: https://help.dropbox.com/security/official-domains. 

     

    You can safely ignore them, though there was no negative impact to your account if you did click through the emails. You should not receive anymore emails of this type.

     

    Regards,

    Ben

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Hannah
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3 years ago

Hey cosmodoc, thanks for letting us know about this.

 

The em-s.dropbox.com domain is actually one of our official Dropbox domains; what's the email you received about?

 

Can you send us a screenshot?

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Bill S.
New member | Level 2
3 years ago

Screen shot attached

 

  • Megan's avatar
    Megan
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    3 years ago

    Hey there, Bill S., I hope you're doing well! 

     

    If you have a look at our official Dropbox domains, you'll see this is indeed an email coming from us, informing you about how you can sync your files between devices. 

     

    Let me know if you need anything else, thanks! 

    • hhassouni's avatar
      hhassouni
      New member | Level 2
      3 years ago

      I received an email form no-reply@em-s.dropbox.com advising me a file shared with me.  I was not expecting any files, I have no idea who is sharing files with me.  How do I make sure it is not a malicious link?  

      • Megan's avatar
        Megan
        Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
        3 years ago

        Hi hhassouni, welcome to our Community!

         

        It seems, based on your info and the domain, that the email is coming from an official Dropbox domain, it is therefore valid. You can see more about this here.

         

        If you have any questions, let me know. 

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