Why does a shared folder not share quota?

[soundconvincer]

I just got off a chat with one of Dropbox's representatives.

In short, I have a Dropbox professional plan and I created a separate folder for each of my students. Yesterday, one of my students got a message that her account is "full" despite me having two and a half terabytes of free space left. Well, guess what, space is calculated double - once on my account and once on hers. So, let me get this straight, if I share a big folder with a lot of files with, say, 20 people, Dropbox will require all 20 of them to pay for the same amount of space!?

Anybody from Dropbox cares to justify this!?

[Rich]

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@jimmermaine wrote:

I'm guessing there's a way for you to set up a "DROP ONLY" folder so I can upload to someone's account without it appearing in my quota.

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Yes, the intended recipient can create a File Request which will allow you to upload directly to their account, without impacting your own.