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Email Journaling with SES Mail Manager

Introduction to Journaling Email journaling is the practice of preserving comprehensive records of all email communications within an organization. This approach stems from the need to maintain rigid, compliance-driven retention policies focused on auditing an entire organization’s email activities. Because journaled email messages are often required to satisfy on-demand audit and investigation requests, they must […]

Understanding Google Postmaster Tools (spam complaints) for Amazon SES email senders

Introduction Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) includes a robust set of built-in tools, such as the Virtual Deliverability Manager (VDM), to help senders ensure optimal email deliverability. Additionally, deliverability data from email service providers like Postmaster Tools by Google can provide invaluable insights for all sending domain owners, including those using SES for bulk or […]

Archiving and sending to final SMTP server

In today’s digital landscape, where email communication plays a vital role in business operations, keeping your email archive secure, compliant, and retrievable is crucial for any business. However, managing the large volume of email data can lead to operational difficulties, including regulatory compliance, maintaining an audit trail, and preventing data loss. That’s where Amazon Simple […]

How to enable one-click unsubscribe email with Amazon Pinpoint

Amazon Pinpoint customers who use campaigns, journeys, or the SendMesages API to send more than 5,000 marketing email messages per day are considered “bulk senders”. If your organization meets this criteria, you are now subject to new requirements that were recently established by Google, Yahoo and other large ISPs/ESPs. These providers have mandated these requirements […]

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Amazon SES: Email Authentication and Getting Value out of Your DMARC Policy

Amazon SES: Email Authentication and Getting Value out of Your DMARC Policy Introduction For enterprises of all sizes, email is a critical piece of infrastructure that supports large volumes of communication. To enhance the security and trustworthiness of email communication, many organizations turn to email sending providers (ESPs) like Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES). […]

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Migrating to a cloud ESP: How to onboard to Amazon SES

Amazon SES: Email remains a powerful tool for businesses, whether for marketing campaigns, transactional notifications, or other communications. Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES) is a cloud email service provider that can integrate into any application for bulk email sending. Amazon SES is an email service that supports a variety of deployments like transactional emails, […]

How to Grant Another SES Account or User Permission To Send Emails

Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES) is a bulk and transactional email sending service for businesses and developers. To send emails from a particular email address through SES, users have to verify ownership of the email address, the domain used by the email address, or a parent domain of the domain used by the email […]

How to list over 1000 email addresses from account-level suppression list

Overview of solution Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) offers an account-level suppression list, which assists customers in avoiding sending emails to addresses that have previously resulted in bounce or complaint events. This feature is designed to protect the sender’s reputation and enhance message delivery rates. There are various types of suppression lists available, including the […]

How to verify an email address in SES which does not have an inbox

Overview of solution Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES) is an email platform that provides a straightforward and cost-effective solution for sending and receiving emails using your own email addresses and domains. One of the most common use cases for using separate verified from email address is in online retails/e-commerce platforms. Online/e-commerce platform need to […]

How to investigate what happened to the email that was sent via SES but was never received in recipient inbox

How to investigate what happened to the email that was sent via SES but was never received in recipient inbox Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) is an email platform that provides an easy, cost-effective way for you to send and receive email using your own email addresses and domains. You can use SES for two […]