[tor-bugs] #24206 [Webpages/Website]: newsletter subscription sends me to donate.torproject.org

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#24206: newsletter subscription sends me to donate.torproject.org
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     Reporter:  arma              |      Owner:  (none)
         Type:  defect            |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium            |  Milestone:
    Component:  Webpages/Website  |    Version:
     Severity:  Normal            |   Keywords:
Actual Points:                    |  Parent ID:
       Points:                    |   Reviewer:
      Sponsor:                    |
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 When I try to sign up for the newsletter at newsletter.torproject.org, the
 confirmation link that I get in my email is for donate.torproject.org, not
 newsletter.torproject.org.

 To me this feels like a bait-and-switch, where I asked to receive news and
 suddenly I'm going to be on some donation rolodex.

 I guess we used the donate site because it was easier to run the
 newsletter software there? How hard would it be to separate them? Or at
 least to send URLs for newsletter, and have that redirect behind the
 scenes?

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