# Can’t send emails due to failed internal dns resolution

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-t-send-emails-due-to-failed-internal-dns-resolution/43592>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [May 3, 2016, 8:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-t-send-emails-due-to-failed-internal-dns-resolution/43592 "2016-05-03T08:45:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 2:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-t-send-emails-due-to-failed-internal-dns-resolution/43592/5 "2016-05-04T14:37:01Z")

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Can you access `github.com` from your server (using `ping` or better `curl`)? Seems like a DNS issue or a network hiccup.

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