Document history
The following table describes important changes in each release of the Amazon WorkMail Administrator Guide. For notification about updates to this documentation, you can subscribe to an RSS feed.
| Change | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
Remote users | Remote users are Amazon WorkMail users hosted outside the Amazon WorkMail organization or hosted on a different email domain. For more information, see Users in the Amazon WorkMail Administrator Guide. | September 18, 2023 |
Programmatic access to mailboxes | Amazon WorkMail now offers Impersonation Roles to grant programmatic access to mailboxes. For more information, see Programmatic access to mailboxes in the Amazon WorkMail Administrator Guide. | October 4, 2022 |
Configure Custom Availablity Providers on Amazon WorkMail | Amazon WorkMail supports the use of Custom Availablity Providers (CAPs). For more information, see Configuring a Custom Availability Provider in the Amazon WorkMail Administrator Guide. | June 30, 2022 |
Console changes for creating an organization | The Amazon WorkMail console experience for creating an organization is updated. For more information, see Creating an organization in the Amazon WorkMail Administrator Guide. | October 23, 2020 |
Exporting mailbox content | Use the | September 22, 2020 |
Mailbox retention policies | Set mailbox retention policies for your Amazon WorkMail organization that automatically delete email messages after a time period that you choose. For more information, see Setting mailbox retention policies in the Amazon WorkMail Administrator Guide. | May 28, 2020 |
Synchronous and asynchronous Run Lambda actions | Choose synchronous or asynchronous configurations for Run Lambda actions in Amazon WorkMail email flow rules. For more information, see Configuring AWS Lambda for Amazon WorkMail in the Amazon WorkMail Administrator Guide. | May 11, 2020 |
Working with access control rules | Access control rules allow Amazon WorkMail administrators to control how their organization's mailboxes are accessed. For more information, see Working with access control rules in the Amazon WorkMail Administrator Guide. | February 12, 2020 |
Tagging an organization | Tag an Amazon WorkMail organization to differentiate between organizations in the AWS Billing and Cost Management console, or to control access to organization resources. For more information, see Tagging an organization in the Amazon WorkMail Administrator Guide. | January 23, 2020 |
Enforce DMARC policies on incoming email | For more information, see Enforcing DMARC policies on incoming email in the Amazon WorkMail Administrator Guide. | October 17, 2019 |
Retrieving message content with Lambda | Use the Amazon WorkMail Message Flow API with AWS Lambda to retrieve message content. For more information, see Retrieving message content with Lambda in the Amazon WorkMail Administrator Guide. | September 12, 2019 |
Logging Amazon WorkMail email events | Enable email event logging in the Amazon WorkMail console to track email messages for your organization. For more information, see Tracking messages in the Amazon WorkMail Administrator Guide. | May 13, 2019 |
Route 53 DNS record insertion | When setting up a domain that is managed in a Route 53 public hosted zone, Amazon WorkMail automatically inserts the DNS records for you. For more information, see Adding a domain in the Amazon WorkMail Administrator Guide. | February 13, 2019 |
Configuring Lambda for inbound email rule actions | Amazon WorkMail supports configuring Lambda functions to use with inbound email flow rules. For more information, see Managing email flows in the Amazon WorkMail Administrator Guide. | January 24, 2019 |
Configuring Lambda for Amazon WorkMail | Amazon WorkMail supports configuring Lambda functions to use with outbound email flow rules. For more information, see Configuring Lambda for Amazon WorkMail in the Amazon WorkMail Administrator Guide. | November 19, 2018 |
SMTP routing | Amazon WorkMail supports configuring SMTP gateways to use with outbound email flow rules. For more information, see Configuring SMTP gateways in the Amazon WorkMail Administrator Guide. | November 1, 2018 |
Debugging tools for custom domains | Amazon WorkMail has added debugging tools for custom domains. For more information, see Adding a domain in the Amazon WorkMail Administrator Guide. | October 15, 2018 |
Support for Outlook 2019 | Amazon WorkMail supports Outlook 2019 for Windows and macOS. For more information, see Amazon WorkMail system requirements in the Amazon WorkMail Administrator Guide. | October 1, 2018 |
Various updates | Various updates to topic layout and organization. | July 12, 2018 |
Mailbox permissions | You can use mailbox permissions in Amazon WorkMail to grant users or groups the right to work in other users' mailboxes. For more information, see Working with mailbox permissions in the Amazon WorkMail Administrator Guide. | April 9, 2018 |
Support for AWS CloudTrail | Amazon WorkMail is integrated with AWS CloudTrail. For more information, see Logging Amazon WorkMail API calls with AWS CloudTrail in the Amazon WorkMail Administrator Guide. | December 12, 2017 |
Support for email flows | You can set up email flow rules for handling incoming email based on a sender's email address or domain. For more information, see Managing email flows in the Amazon WorkMail Administrator Guide. | July 5, 2017 |
Updates to Quick Setup | Quick Setup now creates an Amazon WorkMail directory for you. For more information, see Set up Amazon WorkMail with Quick Setup in the Amazon WorkMail Administrator Guide. | May 10, 2017 |
Support for a wider range of email clients | You can now use Amazon WorkMail with Microsoft Outlook 2016 for Mac and IMAP email clients. For more information, see System requirements for Amazon WorkMail in the Amazon WorkMail Administrator Guide. | January 9, 2017 |
Support for SMTP journaling | You can set up journaling to record your email communication. For more information, see Using email journaling with Amazon WorkMail in the Amazon WorkMail Administrator Guide. | November 25, 2016 |
Support for email redirection to external email addresses | You can set up email redirection rules by updating the Amazon SES identity policy for your domain. For more information, see Edit domain identity policies in the Amazon WorkMail Administrator Guide. | October 26, 2016 |
Support for interoperability | You can enable interoperability between Amazon WorkMail and Microsoft Exchange. For more information, see Interoperability between Amazon WorkMail and Microsoft Exchange in the Amazon WorkMail Administrator Guide. | October 25, 2016 |
General availability | The general availability release of Amazon WorkMail. | January 4, 2016 |
Support for reserving resources | Support for reserving resources, such as meeting rooms and equipment. For more information, see Working with resources in the Amazon WorkMail Administrator Guide. | October 19, 2015 |
Support for the email migration tool | Support for the email migration tool. For more information, see Migrating to Amazon WorkMail in the Amazon WorkMail Administrator Guide. | August 16, 2015 |
Preview release of Amazon WorkMail | The preview release of Amazon WorkMail. | January 28, 2015 |
