Edward-

Tracker issues aside, as I called out earlier in the thread, by our own rules the newsletters should not be sent to this list in the first place.  

Citing NANOG Mailing List Usage Guidelines  ( https://www.nanog.org/resources/usage-guidelines/ ) :

Posts to NANOG’s Mailing List should be focused on operational and technical content only, as described by the NANOG Bylaws.
Using the NANOG Mailing List as a source for private marketing initiatives, or product marketing of any kind, is prohibited.



On Tue, Sep 12, 2023 at 11:28 PM Edward McNair <emcnair@nanog.org> wrote:
Randy,

We do not buy, sell or share any data or personal information on anyone. MailChimp is only used to get data points on the effectiveness of our newsletter. We also try to get data on the effectiveness of our social media efforts. We do not look at individual behavior, only group anonymous data. If you wish to by-pass the "trackers," just go to https://nanog.org/stories/ Anything that we send out in our newsletter or social media and be found there. 


Edward McNair

Executive Director

emcnair@nanog.org

On Sep 8, 2023, at 17:25, Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> wrote:

It is totally possible to turn off the spyware in MailChimp.  You just
need to buy an actual commercial account rather than using their
"free" service.  To save $13 or $20 per month, you are instead selling
the privacy of every recipient of your emails.  See:

 https://mailchimp.com/help/enable-and-view-click-tracking/

 "Check the Track clicks box to enable click tracking, or uncheck the
 box to disable click tracking.  ...  Mailchimp will continue to
 redirect URLs for users with free account plans to protect against
 malicious links.  ...  When a paid user turns off click tracking,
 Mailchimp will continue to redirect their URLs until certain account
 activity thresholds are met."

Don't forget to turn off the spyware 1x1 pixel "web bugs" that
MailChimp inserts by default, too:

 https://mailchimp.com/help/about-open-tracking/

as usual, the problem is not technical.  there is no need for mailchump
at all.

nanog management has made a very intentional decision to sell my
privacy.  nanog has come a long way, not all of it  good.

randy