Google Analytics url additions persisting in redirects - causing issues

Hello,
We're having a bit of an issue regarding Google Analytics url parameters being passed through redirects to third party sites, this is causing some of them not to resolve correctly.
When we send email newsletters through Eloqua the links in the newsletter are replaced by something like
http://eloquasubdomain.com/e/er?utm_campaign=houre_102513.html&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&s=2636&lid=28386&elq=90149dcce3454e94aaaba60dd6e1b354
they go to Eloqua and have url parameters for both Google Analytics and Eloqua.
However, then, Eloqua redirects to an address like this: http://www.example.com/?utm_campaign=houre_102513.html&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua
This includes our google analytics url parameters into a query for a third party (our advertising client's) site. Sometimes this makes the third party site not load as intended depending on the client's website.

Were you able to find how to work around this issue?
Nadine

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