# Internal Server Error **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 6, 2016, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internal-server-error/751389 "2016-04-06T21:37:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Enola\_Gay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internal-server-error/751389/1 "2016-04-06T21:37:46Z")
Does anyone know why I keep getting the following error? Never got it before and I’ve gotten it about 15 times today, whenever I click on a forum. Internal Server Error The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request. Please contact the server administrator, [sysadmin-straightdope@desert.net](mailto:sysadmin-straightdope@desert.net) and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error. More information about this error may be available in the server error log. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internal-server-error/751389/2 "2016-04-07T00:10:41Z")
> [@Enola\_Gay](#): > > Does anyone know why I keep getting the following error? Never got it before and I’ve gotten it about 15 times today, whenever I click on a forum. I’ve seen that a number of times, though not as frequently. I just click refresh and it refreshes successfully. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internal-server-error/751389/3 "2016-04-07T00:28:39Z")
Just as a data point I’ve surfed the forums on two different computers with two different browsers (IE 10 and Chrome) and have not gotten this error. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internal-server-error/751389/4 "2016-04-07T00:32:08Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > I’ve seen that a number of times, though not as frequently. I just click refresh and it refreshes successfully. Actually, I may be wrong. I just noticed the “[desert.net](http://desert.net)” in the OP. I don’t recall seeing that. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Gay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internal-server-error/751389/5 "2016-04-08T03:19:33Z")
FWIW I’m on Safari and I got the error non stop yesterday, but haven’t seen it today. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internal-server-error/751389/6 "2016-04-09T15:23:03Z")
Typically it’s a sign of a temporary server overload. Which has zero to do with you. Refresh and it’ll probably go away. If immediate refresh doesn’t work, try again in a couple minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2016, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internal-server-error/751389/7 "2016-04-10T13:58:24Z")
What’s “[desert.net](http://desert.net)?” ---
**Author:** ![Francis\_Vaughan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/francis_vaughan/32/3093_2.png) [@Francis\_Vaughan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francis_Vaughan)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internal-server-error/751389/8 "2016-04-11T03:14:55Z")
[Desert.net](http://Desert.net) is redirected to [publishwithfoundation.com](http://publishwithfoundation.com). This is the host software that The Chicago Reader is published on the net with. One assumes the email wends its way back to someone who admins the board’s server.