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mb_user
Explorer | Level 3
12 months ago

Can I use 'email to Dropbox' in Bcc?

Hi, I´m new to the feature email to dropbox. Works well when sending the mail with attachment directly to the mysecretmail@addtodropbox.com Also woks with that email address in Cc. But does not wo...
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Megan
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Hi mb_user, I hope you're doing well! 

 

I'd love to know which email provider you use on your end. Is it Hotmail or Outlook by any chance? 

 

Keep me posted, and we'll take it from there!

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mb_user
Explorer | Level 3
12 months ago

Hi Megan,

 

my mail provider is domainfactory df.eu

 

Also tried forwarding mails to mysecretmail@addtodropbox.com . Works when I do that manually but not when done automatically by a rule.

Thanks for looking into that topic.

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    Jay
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    12 months ago

    Hi mb_user, in general, the feature wouldn't work when automatically forwarding emails from another domain, and the mails need to be sent directly to that address, as you've discovered. 

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      mb_user
      Explorer | Level 3
      12 months ago

      ok, sad that forwarding does not work. but that was just an idea to work around the original problem that Bcc does not work.

      Bcc would really help to keep my ***@addtodropbox.com secure!

      Any idea how to make Bcc work? Thanks

      • Jay's avatar
        Jay
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        12 months ago

        As BCC isn't currently available for this feature as well, you could suggest this change for others to vote on, so the dev team can look into this in future.

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