# Links in email messages are doing something unexpected

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Your tracking domain must point to the IP address of your VPS server where you installed the ESP platform unless you're sending through the MTA.
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Email sent through the MTA must use a tracking domain that points to one of the MTA's sending IP addresses. 
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* [ ] The link domain in your email messages must be an A record that exists in your DNS hosting such as Cloudflare, GoDaddy, or HostGator.
* [ ] The A record must point to your ESP platform IP - the same IP you used for the installation.
* [ ] The A record must be in the "White Label Tracking Domain" at the bottom of your Connection type such as SparkPost, Mailgun, Amazon SES, or SMTP Relay. 

Create the link domain name as links.yourdomain.com, where yourdomain.com is your actual domain name you use for sending email, not literally "yourdomain.com". 


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