Dropbox, Inc.

Nikhil Bhargava

Abhishek Agrawal

Pranav Piyush

Samir Goel

Rasmus Mathias Andersson

Devdatta Akhawe

Samir Naik

Nicholas Sundin

Renuka Apte

Disclosed herein are techniques for combining content management system functionality with an email or messaging server. A system can associate an email with a content item, through express attachment, direct reference such as a link, indirect reference, or otherwise. The system can store the associated content item within content item storage or identify a stored content item that is identical to the content item that is associated with the email. The system can then enhance email service functionality with the stored content item. For example, the system can present the stored content item or information about the stored content item along with the email. The system can also automatically grant permissions to the stored content item with participants of the email.

Content management system with integrated email service

A content management system rendering a file sharing GUI on a first device which is communicatively coupled to a content management system and associated with a first user having an account with the content management system. A file to be shared with a second user is identified in response to the file being selected and dragged. In response to the file being identified, a contact section displaying contact icons is rendered. The selected file is released on a displayed contact icon and a user identifier, e.g., an email address or account, associated with the displayed contact icon is identified. In response to the user identifier being identified, the selected file is shared with a second user associated with the user identified.

Sharing a file with a single contact

A system and method for sending feature-instruction notifications to user computing devices. In one implementation, an online content management system detects a feature-instruction triggering event. If the user that caused the feature-instruction triggering event did not use a feature system of the online content management system, a feature-instruction notification may be sent to the user to educate the user on the feature system of the online content management system.

Sending feature-instruction notifications to user computing devices

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