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Sharing a large folder with DropBox Plus
I purchased a Plus account and then shared a folder with about 700Gb of data in it with two people who do not already have DropBox account by sharing it to their email accounts. The setting was chose...
SteveDreaming wrote:
Does the recipient of a shared folder have to pay for Dropbox capacity to be able to read a folder?
Yes, because when you invite someone to a shared folder they're not accessing the folder in your account. They get their own copy of the folder in their account, and need to have enough available space to hold that folder.
If they don't need to have edit capabilities within the folder, and won't need to upload files back to you, use a shared link instead. The recipient doesn't even need a Dropbox account.
Rich
Super User II
Super User II
SteveDreaming wrote:
Does the recipient of a shared folder have to pay for Dropbox capacity to be able to read a folder?
Yes, because when you invite someone to a shared folder they're not accessing the folder in your account. They get their own copy of the folder in their account, and need to have enough available space to hold that folder.
If they don't need to have edit capabilities within the folder, and won't need to upload files back to you, use a shared link instead. The recipient doesn't even need a Dropbox account.
Thank you, that is exactly what I needed to know!
