# Getting stuck during bootstrap

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**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [April 20, 2017, 5:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-stuck-during-bootstrap/61341 "2017-04-20T17:14:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![itsbhanusharma](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/itsbhanusharma/32/180717_2.png) [@itsbhanusharma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/itsbhanusharma)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 5:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-stuck-during-bootstrap/61341/12 "2017-04-20T17:39:33Z")

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Did You configure some external SMTP Provider?

e.g. mailgun or Amazon SES?

can you confirm if they’re working fine?

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