| Email Requests to Share my Google Docs | NorthridgeKC | 7/5/12 10:30 AM | Hi! I write a food blog and use Google Docs to 'link' to a printer friendly recipe for a user if they wish to print the recipe off the blog. I have the sharing settings set to 'anyone with the link'. In the last few months I am getting emails with |
| Re: Email Requests to Share my Google Docs | Bas Braams | 7/5/12 11:14 AM | <<Email Requests to Share my Google Docs>> I believe that the situation is understood and is harmless. The request has this structure: You are the owner of <xxx>.<yyy> has asked that you share this item with: <yyy'> |
| Re: Email Requests to Share my Google Docs | NorthridgeKC | 7/5/12 11:27 AM | But I don't have links to third party sites in ANY of my documents. The only way to access any of my documents is through the link I have provided so if the reader already has the link, why is there a need for the request to share? |
| Re: Email Requests to Share my Google Docs | Bas Braams | 7/5/12 12:17 PM | I just followed the link to the "I'm on a sweet and spicy kick this we...." document and am asked to sign in. The link contains a suffix "?userstoinvite=turl...@gmail.com" that clearly belongs to someone else (as explained in the OP); I stripped that |
| Re: Email Requests to Share my Google Docs | NorthridgeKC | 7/5/12 12:25 PM | Very strange indeed! Anyone have any ideas? I double checked my account and they are definitely set to anyone with a link..hmmm.. |
| Re: Email Requests to Share my Google Docs | NorthridgeKC | 7/5/12 12:28 PM | I changed the share setting to Public on the Web. Not my first choice but we'll see what happens. |
| Re: Email Requests to Share my Google Docs | Bas Braams | 7/5/12 1:27 PM | << we'll see what happens.>> Now the document is visible to me without request to sign in. (I tried it from an "incognito" window.) |