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markgrant
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

Sharing a link

How do I know when someone opens a link to a file I e-mailed them? There is no name or avatar. It is not a shared link. Just a plain copied link.

Thank you.

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    Rich
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    2 years ago
    markgrant wrote:

    How do I know when someone opens a link to a file I e-mailed them? There is no name or avatar. It is not a shared link. Just a plain copied link.

    For a shared link, you can't. There's no way to know who has viewed or when someone has viewed a link.

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