CONFIRMATION URL not updating

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When a subscriber joins the CONFIRMATION URL is incorrect. I have updated the settings and confirmed by browsing the database that confirmationurl is set to “http://ifcaquizzing.org/lists/?p=confirm”, however, when the subscribe email message arrives, the URL in the message is “http://ifcaquizzingorg.fatcow.com/lists/?p=confirm” which is not correct. Fatcow.com is where my site is hosted and ifcaquizzingorg.fatcow.com was the url I had to use before the domains transferred, so I probably entered this value somewhere, but I cannot find a way to change it. All of the other URLs like Preferences and Unsubscribe seem to work.

Does anyone have suggestions for how this can be fixed?

2

I think it is a case that you need to change the url you set in Configuration>Settings and look for the incorrect url in the first section, General Settings, Website address.

3

Thanks for the suggestion, but that is not it.

My general settings are:
Website address: www.ifcaquizzing.org
Domain Name: ifcaquizzing.org

And Subscription Settings:
URL where subscribers have to confirm their subscription:
http://ifcaquizzing.org/lists/?p=confirm

I exported the entire db and searched for fatcow,com. It was listed in config_pagefooter and phplist_linktracker_forward but none of those seemed relevant (it was also in a bunch of history).

I deleted my subscription page and recreated it, but I still have the same error.

Is there a way to enter the URL directly in the welcome email without using the [CONFIRMATIONURL] variable?

Thanks,

John

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Strange as I have just visited your site, signed up and received the confirmation email, though I won’t confirm it.

Without this confirmation, you will not receive any newsletters.
 
The link below needs to be changed before it will work.
 
Please change "ifcaquizzingorg.fatcow.com/lists/..." to
"ifcaquizzing.org/lists/..."
 
http://ifcaquizzing.org/lists/?p=confirm&uid=e84cafb8881edbcc9d85eb4708e3e9cf
 
If you are having trouble confirming your subscription, please email John
at quizdude@gmail.com.

If you notice, the confirmation url is correct.

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Dragonrider,

Thanks for testing. You are correct. I just tested again from my main system and I still get the wrong URL, but if I test from one of my virtual machines, the URL is correct.

There must be some configuration on my main system that is causing this. I checked my hosts file and it is ok. Since it works for everyone else, I am not going to worry about it anymore.

Thanks for your help,

John

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