# Mautic feature request: add a configurable alternative host/URL for tracking email opens and link clicks

**URL:** <https://forum.mautic.org/t/mautic-feature-request-add-a-configurable-alternative-host-url-for-tracking-email-opens-and-link-clicks/38010>\
**Category:** Ideas and Feature Requests\
**Created:** [March 27, 2026, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/mautic-feature-request-add-a-configurable-alternative-host-url-for-tracking-email-opens-and-link-clicks/38010 "2026-03-27T13:58:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![kiryl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/kiryl/32/13395_2.png) [@kiryl](https://forum.mautic.org/u/kiryl)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2026, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/mautic-feature-request-add-a-configurable-alternative-host-url-for-tracking-email-opens-and-link-clicks/38010/1 "2026-03-27T13:58:24Z")

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Scenario:  
We have Mautic installed in an AWS VPC with no public IPs; all public traffic is handled via AWS Application Load Balancers. The load balancer has a specific set of rules to route any requests for [news.mautic.mydomain.com](http://news.mautic.mydomain.com) with paths matching  
^/(email/.|r/.|mtracking.gif|mtc(.js)?|media/.|s/.)$  
to Mautic.

Users who manage emails and campaigns access Mautic via [admin.mautic.mydomain.com](http://admin.mautic.mydomain.com), which is handled by an internal load balancer.

This setup is intentional for security reasons, to prevent any access to the admin interface from outside the company network.

However, this creates a problem when configuring Mautic to use [news.mautic.mydomain.com](http://news.mautic.mydomain.com) for tracking. All tracking URLs appear to be generated using the admin-based URL ([admin.mautic.mydomain.com](http://admin.mautic.mydomain.com)) instead.