I am using ipfs to share files with other users, I upload it and then stop the ipfs daemon. So, ideally the file should have been distributed across other peers and downloadable to the recipient user irrespective of the fact whether the sender machine is running the ipfs daemon or not. Is there a latency here or am I missing something?
I think you should take help from the link mentioned below:
https://medium.com/@JohnZettler/how-to-save-a-file-on-ipfs-a-7-step-primer-3476469536c7
After reading this you will get idea how to add, pin and retrieve data from ipfs. I hope it will help you.