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Unsubscribe and Hotmail
I'm having a problem with the unsubscribe. It works fine until I try to unsubscribe in a Hotmail account. If a user cuts and pastes the URL of the unsubscribe it works fine, but if they just click the hyperlink in Hotmail then they get :
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Error: The email address: is not subscribed to this list.

Please go back to fix the problem.
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I think it is because Hotmail not only opens a new window but changes the URL

In the email the unsubscribe is:

http://mydomain.com/cgi-bin/links/subscribe.cgi?action=unsubscribe&email=linksuser@hotmail.com

Hotmail changes it to

http://216.33.240.250:80/cgi-bin/linkrd?_lang=&lah=8f8141fb908231029b3136ca3007e085&lat=958505409&hm___action=http://mydomain.com/cgi-bin/links/subscribe.cgi?action=unsubscribe&email=

What can I do?

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Re: Unsubscribe and Hotmail In reply to
Not much since that is a problem on Hotmail's end.

What you can do is change the direct URL to the unsubscribe to your mailing list submission page.

Regards,

Eliot Lee
Anthro TECH, L.L.C
Web: http://www.anthrotech.com/
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Re: Unsubscribe and Hotmail In reply to
Is there anyway to add a step in the template that would show up in the email as:

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Hotmail Users Click Here to Unsubscribe
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Then add a routine to remove Hotmail's frame and THEN go directly to the Unsubscribe.



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Re: Unsubscribe and Hotmail In reply to
I am sure it is possible...however, I am not motivated to provide a code hack to do it.

Sorry.

BTW: As you can see with the new Forum descriptions, you should post requests like this in the Links Customization Forum.

Regards,

Eliot Lee
Anthro TECH, L.L.C
Web: http://www.anthrotech.com/