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Philigi
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3 years ago

file changes email notification

Hi there, I shared a folder with several people. They are not yet a Dropbox customer and do not yet have an account. Can these people be notified by email if a file in this shared folder or folder c...
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    Rich
    3 years ago
    Philigi wrote:

    They are not yet a Dropbox customer and do not yet have an account. Can these people be notified by email if a file in this shared folder or folder changes?

    No, and even if they did have an account, they would only receive a weekly digest of changes made within the folder, and not a notification each time a file is changed.

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Rich
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3 years ago
Philigi wrote:

They are not yet a Dropbox customer and do not yet have an account. Can these people be notified by email if a file in this shared folder or folder changes?

No, and even if they did have an account, they would only receive a weekly digest of changes made within the folder, and not a notification each time a file is changed.

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