![]() Is there a way to place that small, invsible image into my Gmail outgoing message and have it report to my Mandrill? ![]() via Gmail.įrom what I've read Mandrill tracks the open rate, click rate and other stats by placing a small invisible image in the email, and if its downloaded it tracks it. Ideally we'd like to use the ability to see if e-mails have been opened on an individual bases by tracking through the Mandrill Dashboard, but we are using Gmail as our e-mail client and sending sales messages, follow up, etc. Google has similar offerings at 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4.My company just recently signed up to start using Mandrill and I have been put in charge of trying to get it set up, however I'm running into an issue. The IP address 9.9.9.9 is associated with a publicly-available DNS service known as Quad9, and that can be useful for testing local DNS servers, ISP DNS servers, and related issues. It's also possible there's something else going on, like a routing configuration error - though that usually shows up on any connections - or maybe a gateway device firewall block or filtering, or possibly some malware in the gateway, or otherwise.ĭo the portable devices work on other networks? Can you access that site when you're connected to cellular or to a different Wi-Fi network? If so, the issue is very likely with the particular network configuration. If DNS is wrong or wonky, you may not be able to reach specific hosts. (If the DNS server references were added automatically using DHCP, then the settings should revert when you remove the 9.9.9.9 setting after the testing. Keep track of the previous values there, if you've had to add those manually. > System Preferences > Network > select the active network connection in the left column, if it's not already selected > Advanced > DNS > and add or replace the DNS servers listed there with the 9.9.9.9 DNS server. That's probably most easily done in macOS. To test for a bad DNS server setting, you can set your DNS server IP address to 9.9.9.9 on iOS or macOS temporarily, and see if remote access resumes. If multiple separate macOS and iOS devices are all showing similar problems with this site, then there's probably a problem with the DNS configuration for the local network, or a problem with local network routing, or a problem or a policy with the network gateway firewall Wi-Fi router device - the box on the edge of your local network - that's causing this. Has anyone else dealt with this? MailChimp is unreachable for this question unless you're a paid member of their services. After multiple emails to the event site, and several screen shots of the failure to connect, I was given a refund. It was after-hours and I couldn't reach anyone before the attendance. ![]() This was the first time I was unable to obtain what I purchased in time for the event. The "mandrellapp." in the url sent shivers up my spine because I knew I wouldn't be let in. The worst case for me was receiving a confirmation for event tickets in an email with a link back to the site to download or print the tickets. True for OSX and for iOS devices I own as well. I use Safari first, then Firefox and finally Chrome. All ad blockers are off and I know of no other settings that should prevent it firewall or otherwise. " none of my browsers could find or open the page. After clicking on the links in these emails, on four occasions with different merchants, when the URL started with ". Most online merchants, when sending a confirmation email for a purchase, provide links back to their site for your order details, receipts or links to the merchandise ordered, etc. Lately a MailChimp-affiliated site has become a bad-news situation.
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