Setup a new Amazon SES delivery server

Prerequisites

• Amazon Web Services (AWS) account

• Create and verify your sending domain

• Create an access key and secret access key with the correct permissions

Setup process

1. Go to "Servers" --> "Delivery Servers" --> "Create new server" from the sidebar menu

2. Select the "Amazon SES Web API" from the list

3. Fill out the required information and click "Save changes"

4. Verify the delivery server by sending yourself an email

Learn more about "what each delivery server option mean".

Generate credentials

Amazon SES requires you to generate a unique set of credentials for external use. The process is somewhat challenging, but we will try to simplify it for you.

• Login to Amazon Web Services and go to Identify and Access Management (IAM)

• Generate a new account and type a username of your choice

• When it asks about permissions, choose the option "Attach policies directly"

• Then go ahead and attach the following minimum policies

  • AmazonSESFullAccess

  • AmazonSNSRole

  • PowerUserAccess

• Once the user is created, navigate to the "Access keys" section and generate one

Amazon SES-specific setup

• "Hostname" - This depends on where your Amazon SES account is configured. (For example, if you opened your account in "us-east-1", your hostname would be `email.us-east-1.amazonaws.com. See "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/ses.html". You can also see this information by going to Amazon SES -> "SMTP Settings" page.

• "Access key ID and Secret access key" - These are the credentials generated in the steps above. Once your server is validated, Deploia automatically sets up a webhook.

• "From email" - Ensure your From email address is part of the sending domain configured on Amazon SES. If the domain is not configured, the delivery server validation will fail.

Ensure your account is active and ready for production sending. Amazon SES has a special process for approving each individual account based on its merits.