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(Solved) - Email newsletter links do not open in any browser

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  • Started 2 years ago by artfudd
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artfudd
artfudd
Posts: 4

Your email newsletters are virtually useless to me because NONE on the links will open in any browser. I get an "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage" error on every link that goes to http://clicks.aweber.com/

Why is this, and what can I do to make the links work?

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scorpion99
scorpion99
Posts: 1033

did you try to delete your cookies and temporary internet files in your IE???

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artfudd
artfudd
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Yes, I have tried deleting cookies and all browsing history. It appears to me that the links should not kick to clicks.aweber.com, but not sure. Or it is because the links go through that click tracking web site by design of the howtogeeks web page, in which case I will just unsubscribe and say to hell with How-To-Geeks.

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artfudd
artfudd
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I found the answer. It is because I use a hosts list which includes:
127.0.0.1 analytics.aweber.com
127.0.0.1 clicks.aweber.com

I don't want to have my activities tracked in this manner, so I will just unsubscribe to the newsletter due to unauthorised invasion of privacy.

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thegeek
The Geek
Posts: 2059

i'm sorry, but that's ridiculous. We track the clicks in the newsletter to see what articles people find the most interesting, which helps us write better articles.

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artfudd
artfudd
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********!
Edit by mod, expletive deleted

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vistamike
vistamike
Posts: 10945

And that just got you banned.

Mike

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bubbatie1
bubbatie1
Posts: 1322

unbelievable

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