How to connect Amazon SES without getting lost in AWS settings
Amazon SES is inexpensive and reliable, but it has more setup steps than most providers. The most important details are the AWS region, verified identities, sandbox status and credentials that are allowed to send through SES.
Amazon SES setup step by step
- Open Amazon SES in the AWS region you want to use for this website.
- Verify the sending domain or From email in that same region.
- Check whether the SES account is still in sandbox. Sandbox accounts can normally send only to verified recipients.
- Create an IAM access key with the minimum permissions needed to send through SES.
- In Titanium, select Amazon SES and enter the access key, secret key and matching region.
- Add a session token only when you are intentionally using temporary AWS credentials.
- Save the connection and send a test email.
