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 | DB_USER | String | N/A | The user for accessing the db
 | DB_PASSWORD | String | N/A | The user's password for accessing the db
 | DB_NAME | String | N/A | The db's name
-| NODE_ENV | String | dev | The apps env - influences debug info.
+| NODE_ENV | String | dev | The apps env - influences debug info. Also when the env is set to "test", mailing errors get ignored.
 | POSTALCODE_COUNTRYCODE | String/CountryCode | N/A | The countrycode used to validate address's postal codes
 | PHONE_COUNTRYCODE | String/CountryCode | null (international) | The countrycode used to validate phone numers
 | SEED_TEST_DATA | Boolean | False | If you want the app to seed some example data set this to true