Title: MailChimp link issues
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# MailChimp link issues

 *  Resolved [Eyetooth Design](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eyetooth-art/)
 * (@eyetooth-art)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mailchimp-link-issues/)
 * I am having issues with links that are part of a test MailChimp campaign. When
   there is a link to my WordPress site with BulletProof Security installed I keep
   getting a 403 Forbidden Error Page.
    I have tried the suggestions in this post:
   [http://forum.ait-pro.com/forums/topic/mailchimp-tracking-code-causing-403/#post-13778](http://forum.ait-pro.com/forums/topic/mailchimp-tracking-code-causing-403/#post-13778)
   but these have not worked. After trying alternative .htaccess files and eventually
   completely removing BulletProof the links start working again. I tried installing
   BulletProof again and even before activating the plugin the 403 errros on the
   mailshot links to my site have reappeared. I like to use BulletProof for security
   and it’s an excellent plugin so would like to be able to enable it again, but
   with working links in my mailshots. Is this a known issue or can you suggest 
   anything to resolve it? Please let me know if you need any further information
   from me? Thanks, Steve
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/bulletproof-security/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bulletproof-security/)

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 *  Plugin Author [AITpro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aitpro/)
 * (@aitpro)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mailchimp-link-issues/#post-7648013)
 * Post the BPS Security Log entry from your Security Log that shows the MailChimp
   link 403 error.
 *  Plugin Author [AITpro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aitpro/)
 * (@aitpro)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mailchimp-link-issues/#post-7648014)
 * Also you do not need to deactivate or uninstall BPS for troubleshooting. All 
   BPS features can be turned On or Off.
    [http://forum.ait-pro.com/forums/topic/read-me-first-free/#bps-free-general-troubleshooting](http://forum.ait-pro.com/forums/topic/read-me-first-free/#bps-free-general-troubleshooting)
 *  Thread Starter [Eyetooth Design](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eyetooth-art/)
 * (@eyetooth-art)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mailchimp-link-issues/#post-7648084)
 * Thanks for getting back to me. The error log for the most recent 403 error is
   as follows:
 * [403 GET Request: August 10, 2016 8:56 am]
    Event Code: BFHS – Blocked/Forbidden
   Hacker or Spammer Solution: N/A – Hacker/Spammer Blocked/Forbidden REMOTE_ADDR:
   82.23.133.78 Host Name: cpc83655-brig20-2-0-cust333.3-3.cable.virginm.net SERVER_PROTOCOL:
   HTTP/1.1 HTTP_CLIENT_IP: HTTP_FORWARDED: HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR: HTTP_X_CLUSTER_CLIENT_IP:
   REQUEST_METHOD: GET HTTP_REFERER: REQUEST_URI: /hire/?utm_source=Eyetooth-Art
   +eshot&utm_campaign=d85683721a-20_off_everything8_9_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term
   =0_a3d6d8a553-d85683721a-&ct=t(20_off_everything8_9_2016) QUERY_STRING: HTTP_USER_AGENT:
   Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.11; rv:47.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/
   47.0
 *  Plugin Author [AITpro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aitpro/)
 * (@aitpro)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mailchimp-link-issues/#post-7648122)
 * I tested this Query String and this forum solution worked for me: [http://forum.ait-pro.com/forums/topic/mailchimp-tracking-code-causing-403/#post-13778](http://forum.ait-pro.com/forums/topic/mailchimp-tracking-code-causing-403/#post-13778)
   Double check that you are doing all the Custom Codes steps correctly.
 *  Thread Starter [Eyetooth Design](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eyetooth-art/)
 * (@eyetooth-art)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mailchimp-link-issues/#post-7648124)
 * Excellent, thank you. I had already placed that code into my custom .htaccess
   but it did not work before for some reason??
    This seems to be working now though,
   so thanks for your help and support.
 *  Plugin Author [AITpro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aitpro/)
 * (@aitpro)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mailchimp-link-issues/#post-7648153)
 * Great! Thanks for confirming the solution worked.

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mailchimp-link-issues/#post-7648153)
 * Status: resolved