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thisisnonsense
2 months agoNew member | Level 2
To access a document someone sent, I was sent 10 notifications, why?
I'm sure I'm the only one, but in case I'm not - is anyone else mortified that in order to view a document someone sent me that I had to get spammed from dropbox until I login and update my notifiati...
Jay
Dropbox Staff
Hi thisisnonsense, thanks for posting today.
Could you clarify what notification you're seeing? Is this on a shared link to a file or a folder?
Generally, it should be a single notification to login to add it to your account, if need be.
Any other info or screenshots (without any private information visible) would be helpful!
thisisnonsense
2 months agoNew member | Level 2
Hi! I didn't, and don't want an account. An employee shared a doc I needed to download. I had to create an account to get the document, and I get that - you need to know who had access.
But then I started getting emails promoting your product. I had to login to ask you not to spam me.
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