Sat Aug 18 20:40:00 EDT 2012 Jeffery Smith wrote:
> I have been using Dropbox for a while. It has worked well, but I have > had two instances in which the entire set of folders was "deleted". I > was able to go back and restore them in both cases, but am at a loss > to determine why the were deleted. Of course one is at a loss when his files are deleted... :-) Sun Aug 19 00:42:19 EDT 2012 steve harley wrote: > by the way, the email address i used *only* to log into box.net > receives spam fairly often, so i don't trust them to keep my files > secure if they can't keep my email address secure; i've just created > another account with a new address, > so i'll let it rest for a few months to see if that one gets spammed too I can tell you that I was getting spam to e-mail accounts that were created just for one function and that 1) neither were exposed anywhere, 2) nor have a trivial username, such as angel@ or steve@ . Sun Aug 19 00:43:59 EDT 2012 Brian Walters wrote: > > Brian, since you have used it already, - how is the upload done from > > a computer: via web-browser, via a browser plugin that you are supposed > > to install, via stand-alone application, ... ? > > This part is not clear from their FAQ. > > > There are several ways. The easiest is probably via the web browser. > Log in to your account and you will see an 'Upload' button on the top > right hand corner of the page. Click it and and select files from > your PC to upload. > > However, I came across this tutorial which allows you to map Box.com > as a network drive on your local PC. It works for me and I can just > drag and drop local files from my PC to Box.com using a file manager > (I use Free Commander) or Windows Explorer (as a last resort!). > > http://www.webosnation.com/map-box-net-network-drive-your-computer Wonderful! Thanks a bunch! Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
