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magicbus
Explorer II
Aug 16, 2016

Dropbox... is it me?

I needed to send an 80 Meg file to a vendor for analysis and they sent me a Dropbox link. Knowing it was too big for email I had asked for an ftp link .

What I received was a link to Dropbox and when I clicked it I had to create an account. No big deal, it worked, trace file uploaded, problem solved.

But now I am in Dropbox spam hell. Even before the emails from which I have twice unsubscribed, I had to disable their really annoying task tray app from starting when I boot.

Is this just me or is Dropbox a bit offensive?

Dave
  • MrWizard's avatar
    MrWizard
    Moderator
    Aug 16, 2016
    I needed to send an 80 Meg file to a vendor for analysis and they sent me a Dropbox link. Knowing it was too big for email I had asked for an ftp link .


    He was sending/uploading a file , Not downloading

    If he doesn't like drop box
    He can choose another service line Google share
  • trb46's avatar
    trb46
    Explorer
    Aug 16, 2016
    joebedford wrote:
    I use it all the time. Never had a single spam.


    x2
  • qtla9111's avatar
    qtla9111
    Nomad
    Aug 16, 2016
    I recently sent several links to coworkers. One called me and said that it asked him to open a DB account. I had him scroll down to the bottom and it gives you the option to bypass the account setup and download the files.
  • 1492's avatar
    1492
    Moderator
    Aug 16, 2016
    I've never had anyone required to open a DropBox account in order to download a file from a DB link?

    Have a 1TB enterprise account at work, and about 3G free personal account. Rarely receive any DropBox emails. Like 1-2 per year tops. Something doesn't sound right?
  • AsheGuy's avatar
    AsheGuy
    Explorer
    Aug 16, 2016
    magicbus wrote:
    I needed to send an 80 Meg file to a vendor for analysis and they sent me a Dropbox link. Knowing it was too big for email I had asked for an ftp link .

    What I received was a link to Dropbox and when I clicked it I had to create an account. No big deal, it worked, trace file uploaded, problem solved.

    But now I am in Dropbox spam hell. Even before the emails from which I have twice unsubscribed, I had to disable their really annoying task tray app from starting when I boot.

    Is this just me or is Dropbox a bit offensive?

    Dave
    Apparently you don't need Dropbox but just installed it to share a file. Just uninstall it if the task tray app annoys you but I can't imagine how it could be annoying. It just sits there.

    I use Dropbox every day (to share files among my devices) and have never found it annoying. But I do find it a very useful cloud storage product.

    I have never gotten any spam emails from Dropbox.
  • Bob_Shaw's avatar
    Bob_Shaw
    Explorer
    Aug 16, 2016
    It came with my new Windows 10 laptop and I've never activated it. Maybe I won't, now.
  • Johno02's avatar
    Johno02
    Explorer
    Aug 16, 2016
    Hopw your file was not anything private or confidential. once you get Dropbox on your system, it is hard to get rid of. Its not just you.

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