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ia123
3 years agoNew member | Level 2
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Email validation to improve creation of new accounts
Hello, Dropbox team.
I would like to recommend the implementation of an email validation system to block the creation of new accounts that use emails from an existing account, such as how Googl...
Jay
3 years agoDropbox Staff
Hi ia123, thanks for bringing this to our attention.
For Dropbox, when using different emails like you suggested, they would be considered different accounts since only Gmail would determine them to be related to the same account.
Are there other email accounts or services that have multiple inboxes?
Keep me updated with any info!
For Dropbox, when using different emails like you suggested, they would be considered different accounts since only Gmail would determine them to be related to the same account.
Are there other email accounts or services that have multiple inboxes?
Keep me updated with any info!
- ia1233 years agoNew member | Level 2
Thanks for the quick reply !
Only Google is doing this, as far as I'm aware.
I would say that the best way to avoid similar situations is to have a logic to validate the email address before allowing the user to create an account on Dropbox.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14865869/do-all-email-providers-ignore-periods-in-front-of
https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7436150?hl=en
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