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Elja_Guido_vH
Helpful | Level 6
9 years ago

E-mailing files to Dropbox

I tried to find out how to send files to our Dropbox by e-mailing it. Google Search tells me about sendtodropbox.com, but while setting that up, my antivirus tells me that one webpage would be riskful.

Ok, I can accept the risk, but now I want to know if the service sendtodropbox is a service of dropbox.com or isn't it?

 

Regards,

Guido

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  • Fearg's avatar
    Fearg
    9 years ago

    Hi Guido,

     

    First off sendtodropbox.com is not us and is in now way associated with Dropbox, so I really recommend not inputting any personal data into that website.

     

    Secondly why do you need to email to your Dropbox account? You can add files to your Dropbox account in a number of ways, you can use the desktop application by just dragging and dropping files in the Dropbox folder on your computer and they will be uploaded automaticallly for you.

     

    You can also use the web uploader to add files to your account, so if you are on any computer, you login to your account and upload files, just make sure to logout again if it's not your computer. ;)

     

    We have a super nice Help Centre article here showing you how to upload to your account.

     

  • MaxJacob's avatar
    MaxJacob
    Explorer | Level 4
    7 years ago

    I translate in English my previous comment about this question:

    Dropbox offers several APIs for developers and  an Italian e-mail provider has equipped its own mail box with a feature that I think is unique: The automatic upload  to Dropbox account, but the most important thing is that the upload is done on the server side ie I send an e-mail with attachment to someone who has a servermx account (this is called the company servermx.com) and the attachment is saved in the linked dropbox account even if the mail is not read.

    It's a unique feature at the moment, I think.
     
    Obviously it is based on dropbox's Apis .
     
    Servermx.com it's the site. It's not free but one account it's more than enough for manage tje attachments .

    regards

    Max
  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
    7 years ago

    I was just going to add Zapier to the list mkp101. 

     

    In terms of the API question yes they do offer this as an API (because others are already using it - Zapier and SendToDropbox as examples), but, can I suggest asking any questions about it (how etc.) directly via the API Forum area? The team there are spot on!

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