Sorry it didn't work for you! Do you happen to be using a service like Pihole, etc to block specific domains on your network?
We currently use Postmark for sending transactional email and by default, they rewrite all links to use their tracking servers. We didn't intend to have that enabled, so apologies for the oversight. I've just disabled that option, so links should resolve to their intended destination now. Links that go through multiple tracking redirects are a personal pet-peeve of mine as well!