SMTP

Key Features

Supports various email formats such as Plain text, HTML, and MIME, with attachments. Monitor open rates, click-through rates, bounces, and more. Integrate SES with your applications for programmatic control using SES API. Handles millions of emails per day with ease, making it ideal for mass email campaigns....

Quotas

Sandbox Account (Default or Free Account)...

SMTP

The Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) is an Internet standard communication protocol for electronic mail transmission. Mail servers and other message transfer agents use SMTP to send and receive mail messages....

Steps To Send Emails using AWS SES:

Step 1: Go to the AWS console and search for SES....

Advantages

Cost-effective: SES is one of the most cost-effective ways to send emails as AWS charges based on the number of emails sent there are no additional costs. Security: It uses multiple layers of security to protect email data such as encryption, access controls, and spam and phishing filters. Scalability: It can handle large volumes of email messages which makes it a perfect way for businesses that need to send out mass emails....

Disadvantages

Limited customization: It offers a wide range of features, but it doesn’t offer the same level of customization as some other email services. Potential for delivery issues: There is always a small chance that your emails will not be delivered, due to the recipient’s spam filters. Reputation management: If you send out too many emails or they are marked as spam, your reputation with SES can be damaged....

Use cases

Transactional emails: Emails that are triggered by an event, such as a password reset email or a purchase confirmation email. Marketing campaigns: It can be used to send out newsletters, promotional emails, and other marketing content. Notifications: SES can be used to send out notifications to users, such as system alerts or appointment reminders....

Applications

Netflix: They use SES to send out a variety of emails, like password reset emails, billing reminders, and movie recommendations. Dropbox: They use SES to send out file-sharing notifications, account verification emails, and password reset emails. GitHub: They use SES to send out notification emails, such as pull request updates and issue notifications...

Conclusion

We’ve successfully set up AWS SES service to send mail and also created SMTP credentials to connect the SES server to your application backend....

FAQs on Amazon SES

1. What are the different types of emails that I can send with SES?...