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Newsletter links not working

Is it only me or the links in the newsletter haven't been working later?

This is what I get when I click on one: 

http://l.php/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fapp.streamsend.com%2Fc%2F17067689%2F443173%2FIr3Vszr%2FBfu4%3Fredirect_to%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.instructables.com%252Fid%252FMonkey-Brain-Cake%252F&h=OAQGbxk8g&s=1

And chrome kindly telling me that "Oops! Google Chrome could not find l.php".

Is the problem on my side or on instructables' side? 

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mikeasaurus says: Nov 12, 2012. 11:03 AM
What email client are you using? For some reason Windows Live Mail does not display our Newsletter correctly.

Make sure you have no browser add ons like Ad Block as they will prevent certain aspects of the site from loading correctly.
rhoneyball says: Nov 11, 2012. 5:41 PM
I get the same problem with hotmail in chrome and Internet Explorer. Did you find a fix Deb?
deboraraquel (author) in reply to rhoneyballNov 12, 2012. 2:00 AM
I haven't really found a fix, mostly a way around. In my account settings I've manually selected another e-mail (gmail, but I doubt it really matters) account for receiving the newsletter and that was it. :)
I suspect the bug has something to do with people that register with their facebook accounts...
deboraraquel (author) says: Sep 23, 2012. 11:25 AM
I am using gmail, accessing it with the browser...
If it works for you guys, it's certainly something on my side; will have to find a way to solve it, since chrome is my main browser. Thank you all for the feedback.
deboraraquel (author) in reply to deboraraquelSep 23, 2012. 11:51 AM
And I just tried it with Safari and Firefox, same problem.
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canucksgirl in reply to deboraraquelSep 23, 2012. 12:22 PM
Do you have AdBlock installed on all 3 browsers? If so, add instructables.com to the white (safe) list and give it another try (or try the links with AdBlock disabled). If that doesn't work, then you may have a common addon installed that could be affecting the links. I do know that gmail is a little finicky with some links; mainly redirecting links, particularly when the link does not start as http://www (in this case they are http://app.streamsend...), but I could not find any specific discussion/solution for that.
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mikeasaurus in reply to canucksgirlSep 24, 2012. 3:37 PM
+1

Also, you may have a security setting enabled that prevents certain links from opening.
deboraraquel (author) in reply to deboraraquelSep 23, 2012. 11:44 AM
And all links from my other newsletters are working... Sigh....
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canucksgirl says: Sep 23, 2012. 11:07 AM
Works fine for me also.

I looked at the message source code and there's nothing for I.php... Something is adding characters to the beginning and the end of the link that don't exist.

Your mail program might be the problem (versus Chrome). What are you using to get mail? Can you forward the message to another account (like hotmail-or-gmail etc) and see if you can open the links?
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Kiteman says: Sep 23, 2012. 10:53 AM
Try a different browser?

It works for me in Safari and FireFox.
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Jayefuu says: Sep 23, 2012. 10:26 AM
The links in my newsletter worked fine.

What email client are you using? When you view the email is there a button some where that says "Allow external content from Instructables.com" or similar?
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