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Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES)

Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES) - is a cloud-based service for sending email. Amazon SES allows you to send email from your apps, websites, or any other service in the cloud that can send email. With Amazon SES, you can send both single messages and bulk emails.

Key definitions for Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES):

  • Email management tools

    Amazon SES provides advanced email management tools such as traffic control, automatic spam checking, SPF and DKIM configuration, bulk email support, mailing list management, and more

  • Account modes

    Two main account modes in Amazon SES:

    • Sandbox mode - this is the default mode applied to new Amazon SES accounts. In this mode, you can only send emails to addresses that have been verified and confirmed in your Amazon SES account. You are also limited to a certain number of messages per day (up to 200 messages per 24 hour).
    • Production mode - this is the mode in which your Amazon SES account has full access to all features and capabilities. In this mode, you can send email to any email addresses that have not been rejected by you or the recipient, and there are no limits on the number of messages you can send per day.

  • Per region configuration

    Amazon SES is configured in each region separately

  • Production configuration

    After adding and verifying the domain, you need to remove it from the sandbox mode

Service integrates with:

Usage use cases

  • Application email notification.

    Sending emails from Web Applications

  • Bulk emails.

    Bulk emails for subscribers

  • Email auto responses.

    Generate automated email responses

  • Mailing List Management.

    Management of email subscribers

  • Integration with other AWS services.

    Usage email notification for other integrated services

  • Email processing.

    Inbound Email Processing

FAQ for Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES)

  • What is Amazon SES?

    Amazon SES is a cloud-based email service that allows users to send emails from their apps, websites, or any other service in the cloud that can send email

  • What can it be used for?

    It can be used for sending both single messages and bulk emails, as well as for managing email lists and processing inbound emails

  • What are the two main account modes in Amazon SES?

    The two main account modes in Amazon SES are sandbox mode and production mode

  • Are there any restrictions on sandbox mode?

    Yes. They are:
    • Only authenticated email addresses and domains as well as the Amazon SES mailbox simulator are eligible to receive messages from you
    • During a 24-hour period, a maximum of 200 messages may be sent
    • One message can be sent at most once every second
    • You and the delegate sender are not authorized to send emails to unverified email addresses
    • Bulk actions and SES API calls for managing suppression lists are disabled for account-level suppression