We send out a newsletter in Civimail, with links to our main website which is a different domain. We are using 'track click throughs' so the link, when clicked, goes via Civi first. However, the links seem to be expiring fast - I sent a test last night and the links worked fine when I received the email. But 10 hours later clicking a link just takes me into Civi, and not to the main website. What is the default timeout and can it be changed? We are on 4.6.12 and this is a Drupal site.
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Yes the checksum lifespan is configurable at this path civicrm/admin/setting/misc?reset=1 which you get to via Admin > System Settings > Misc
Changing the duration will only affect future checksums. It will not affect ones that have already been set out.
answered Mar 22, 2016 at 9:57
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Thanks - this is set to 7 days, which is not what's happening. I have changed it to 8 days & will test again Commented Mar 22, 2016 at 10:00
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can you clarify '7 hours is not happening' - are you getting longer or shorter - are you certain it is correctly formed etc, ie does it work at all? can't see any reason the 7 days default would not be functioning– petednz - fuzion ♦Commented Mar 22, 2016 at 18:34
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I sent an email out & the links expired overnight. Following your advice, I updated the checksum lifespan to 8 days. An email I sent yesterday still has the links active, so looking good. So I'm wondering why I originally got the problem? Commented Mar 23, 2016 at 8:28
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no idea unless something came along and wiped the table that holds the data (scratching head as can't recall where it is stored)– petednz - fuzion ♦Commented Mar 23, 2016 at 8:56
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After saving the checksum lifespan and sending out a test email on 23/3 the links are still active on 26/3, so not sure what happened previously. Commented Mar 26, 2016 at 12:34