Project management

Go Live Checklist

• Use a production-grade hosting plan, not a free or development tier.
• Use a production-ready database with automatic backups enabled.
• Mails are not using @abtion.com in from field.
• Mail links point to the right domain.
• Delete test data, if any was created.
• Test with real users and get feedback.
• Logging should be using a large enough plan.
• Verify your mail provider’s sending limits and confirm the app won’t hit them on launch.
• Check that the app’s mails gets good scores with mail-tester.com.

If a new domain is being used

• DMARC must be configured with policy reject.
• Check with the client whether they are going to send out mails using this new domain as from (with other services than the app we have just made), if so, have them check their mails with mail-tester.com.