Reading Email URLs

All email messages have their URLs modified so when clicked your directed to our spam filtering provider prior to being redirecting to the original URL. This allows our spam filtering provider to scan and verify the legitimately of the link before redirecting you to the site. If the site is found to be malicious, your attempt to access the site is blocked.

The downside of this service is that it makes verifying a link a little bit more difficult due to the added text the service adds to the URL. Below is information on how to read through this added information so you can manually check and verify the URL before proceeding.

Below is an example of what a link will look like within an email message.

To see this URL within an Office application, hover over a link for a few seconds.

https://url.avanan.click/v2/___https:/google.com/___.bXQtcHJvZC1hdi1jYS0yOmNh (shortened)

To read through this text and validate the original URL, look for the underscores within the link. The address between the underscores is always the original website. In this case, the original URL is:

https:/google.com/

If the address looks legitimate and safe, you know its safe to click and view.