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Players being automatically checked out

Understand why players may be automatically checked out of an event.

If a player is checked OUT even though nobody changed their attendance, the most common cause is email security software clicking links inside the reminder email.

Why this happens

Some email providers or security tools scan every link in an email to check for spam or viruses. If that scanner clicks the OUT link in a BenchApp reminder email, the player may be marked OUT.

What to check

  • Ask whether the player uses a strict corporate, school, or security-filtered email account.

  • Check whether the issue happens only for one player or one email domain.

How to fix it

Ask the player to use a different email address, such as a personal Gmail account, or have them check attendance from the app instead of email links.

πŸ’‘ Text message attendance can avoid this issue because players reply by text instead of clicking email links. See Text Message Attendance.

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