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Augur
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4 years ago
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Can't upload to other user folder

Hi All -   Forgive me if this is a common problem / easily solvable.   I have a situation with two users, X and Y. User X is a Dropbox subscriber with 2TB of space. User Y has access to user ...
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  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    4 years ago

    Hi Augur 

    That is expected behaviour - shared folders use the quota up of everybody within the share. 

     

    If the person needs edit access they'll need to upgrade OR if they just need to send files to a person get the owner to send a requests link instead: www.dropbox.com/requests 

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Mark
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4 years ago

Hi Augur 

That is expected behaviour - shared folders use the quota up of everybody within the share. 

 

If the person needs edit access they'll need to upgrade OR if they just need to send files to a person get the owner to send a requests link instead: www.dropbox.com/requests 

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