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Send the bundle without emailing it
Bundles outgrow attachments quickly, and the people who need them are often the least likely to sign up for anything. A link with a password and an end date covers both.
A clearer transfer
Fast to send. Simple to receive.
Password and expiry
Set both before you share the link, so a bundle stops being available on the date you chose.
Known-threat scanning
Files are scanned before a transfer is released, which matters when documents arrive from outside the firm.
Verified recipients when needed
Restrict a transfer so only invited addresses can verify and open it, and see who did.
Handling
Bundles, exhibits and confidentiality
Bundles are folders with an order
Exhibits, correspondence and pleadings belong in numbered folders. Send the folder and the numbering arrives intact, rather than as one flat list to re-sort.
Scans are larger than exports
A contract scanned at high resolution is far heavier than the same document exported from a word processor, which is why a bundle passes an attachment limit long before it looks big.
A password on the transfer, not the archive
Encrypted archives push the problem onto the recipient, who now needs the right software. A password on the transfer is one field in a browser.
Disclosure sets grow between versions
A bundle that was 200MB at first exchange is often several gigabytes by the time it is complete. The delivery method has to survive that growth without changing.
Counsel and clients need different access
A client may need the summary while counsel needs everything. Two transfers with different expiry and access settings is clearer than one link and a request to ignore some folders.
What we can and cannot tell you
We can prove it was downloaded, not that it was read
Download feedback records that a file was collected and when. Anything beyond that is inference, and a service that offers you certainty about whether a document was read is selling you a guess.
Quick answers
Before you send
The essentials, without another wall of feature cards.
Can I restrict who opens a transfer?
Yes. Restricted access requires the recipient to verify an invited email address before the files are available.
Where are files stored?
Storage and retention are described on our security and privacy page, including how long inactive files remain.
Is this legal advice about compliance?
No. We describe what the product does; whether that meets a particular obligation is a question for your own advisers.
Can I require the recipient to verify their identity?
You can restrict a transfer so only invited email addresses can verify and open it. That is email verification, not identity verification, and the distinction matters.
How long are files kept?
You set the expiry on each transfer. Retention and deletion behaviour is described on our security and privacy page.
Can I withdraw a bundle after sending?
Yes. Deleting the transfer stops the link resolving, though it cannot recall anything already downloaded.
Try it with the next thing you have to send
Choose the files, share one link, and see what happens after it lands.
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