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Dev tools · August 26, 2012

dbinbox.com - an inbox for your Dropbox (weekend project)

http://dbinbox.com/ Ever needed to send yourself a file, but didn't feel comfortable logging in to your email or dropbox account? Ever tried to talk your parents through emailing you a file as an attachment? Yeah, me too (and apparently also a lot of other people [1]), so I hacked this small sinatra app together over a few weekends [2]. Suggestions, critiques, and pull requests are welcome! 1. "anonymous upload?": https://forums.dropbox.com/topic.php?id=3525 2. Source code: https://github.com/christiangenco/dbinbox

dbinbox.com - an inbox for your Dropbox (weekend project) launched on August 26, 2012 with 6 votes, #128 of 411 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 14 years on.

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What it does

Fileinbox is perfect for collecting client documents, gathering photos and videos, or receiving large files too big to send over email.

Fileinbox makes it easy to create professional whitelabeled file upload web pages to send to your clients. It's drag-and-drop simple to securely receive large files and keep them automatically organized in your existing cloud storage. Just type in your business or project name to create a custom, private, and secure upload portal to receive large files. Customize it with extra form fields , your logo and brand colors , and custom uploader instructions . You can even embed it in your website! Copy and paste your whitelabeled link and send it to all of your uploaders over email, text, or social networks. Your Fileinbox web page will work great for requesting files from Android or iPhone…from dbinbox.com

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