Most contact forms lie. Here is the pattern behind this site's form: server-side validation, a honeypot, and a 'not configured' state that tells the truth instead of faking success.
When a project lives on a client-owned box instead of a platform, this is the checklist I run: container, reverse proxy, TLS, env vars, logs and restarts.
Infrastructure
Docker
Nginx
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