
Here are my notes when I was first figuring out Amazon Web Services (AWS) Simple Email Service (SES).
It's important to recognize that SES is only meant for sending emails (SMTP) and not really meant for receiving emails (POP3, IMAP) thus SES isn't really meant to replace some sort of email system, such as Microsoft Exchange or Dovecot/Postfix. Amazon Workmail is an email service that supports sending (SMTP) and receiving (POP3/IMAP) so Workmail is something you could look into if you are looking for a fully capable email service.
First and foremost, I was prompted to enter my email address. I thought this was kind of strange to have to enter an email address to get started with Simple Email Service (SES), but at any rate, I entered my email address (of course, john.doe@example.com is just there for example).
Fortunately, I already had a domain registered in AWS Route 53 that I used for proof of concept stuff like this, so I just used my Route 53 domain.I then just went with Next and Get started for all the other prompts.
I got an email from AWS real quick to verify I did submit the request. I clicked on the verification link and the dashboard had me listed as Verified. Well, that was easy.
Of course, the thing I was most interested in was "can I send an email" so I used the "Send test email" and it said it was successful. Nice.
And the dashboard showed the email was successfully sent. Lookin good.
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