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John Dorner
John Dorner

Reputation: 1144

Mandrill's UNSUB merge tag not getting parsed

I'm trying to make it so when someone clicks on the unsubscribe link in an email sent via the Mandrill API (using PHP) it works as described in: http://help.mandrill.com/entries/23815367-Can-I-add-an-automatic-unsubscribe-link-to-Mandrill-emails-

The *|UNSUB|* merge tag is not getting parsed. It just comes through in the the body of the email received.

Near the end of the message content ($message_content) I have: 

<a href="*|UNSUB:http:/mydomain.com/unsubscribe-from-mailing-lists/|*">Click here to unsubscribe.</a>

In Gmail, the link is: Click here to unsubscribe. (NOT a valid HREF, so Gmail just ignores the anchor tag)

In Outlook 2010 the link is: Click here to unsubscribe. (Not a valid HREF)

Is there some merge_vars parameter I should add to the headers? http://help.mandrill.com/entries/21678522-How-do-I-use-merge-tags-to-add-dynamic-content- mentions them, but I can't find what the parameter should be for the UNSUB merge tag.

$mandrill = new Mandrill($mandrill_api_key);
        $message = array(
            'html' => $message_content,
            'subject' => $subject,
            'from_email' => 'me@mydomain.com',
            'from_name' => 'MY NAME',
            'to' => $to_list,       
            'headers' => array('Reply-To' => 'me@mydomain.com'),
            'important' => false,
            'track_opens' => 1,
            'track_clicks' => null,
            'auto_text' => null,
            'auto_html' => null,
            'inline_css' => null,
            'url_strip_qs' => null,
            'preserve_recipients' => 0,
            'view_content_link' => 1,
            'tracking_domain' => null,
            'signing_domain' => null,
            'return_path_domain' => null,
            'merge' => true,
            'global_merge_vars' => array(
                array(
                    'unsub' => 'unsub'
                )
            ),

        );

What step am I missing? TIA!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1829

Answers (1)

John Dorner
John Dorner

Reputation: 1144

The problem was the URL was missing a slash (http:/mydomain...) This was caused by TinyMCE converting URLs. I added convert_urls: false to the tinymce.init and that solved my problem.

Kudos to Mandrill Support for helping me identify the problem.

Upvotes: 1

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