This is the user guide for Amazon SES Classic. Updates and new features are only being documented in the new Amazon SES Developer Guide which we recommend to use.
Amazon SES Developer Guide document history
The following table lists the major changes to the Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES) Developer Guide.
| Change | Description | Date Changed |
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New feature |
You can now specify a default configuration set to use when sending mail through each of your verified identities. |
January 27, 2021 |
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New feature |
You can now receive notifications when an event occurs that causes the delivery of an email to be temporarily delayed. |
June 19, 2020 |
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New feature |
Amazon SES is now available in AWS GovCloud (US). |
April 30, 2020 |
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New feature |
You can now create Amazon SES endpoints in Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC). |
April 29, 2020 |
|
New feature |
Amazon SES is now available in three additional AWS Regions: Canada (Central), Europe (London), and South America (São Paulo). |
April 1, 2020 |
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New feature |
You can now use your own IP ranges to send email. For more information, see Using Your Own IP Addresses to Send Email Using Amazon SES. |
December 23, 2019 |
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New feature |
You can now use your own public-private key pair to complete the DKIM authentication process for a domain. For more information, see Provide Your Own DKIM Authentication Token in Amazon SES. |
December 13, 2019 |
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New feature |
You can now use an account-level suppression list to automatically prevent sending messages to email addresses that previously resulted in a bounce or complaint. |
November 25, 2019 |
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New feature |
If your account is in good standing, and you're approaching the sending quotas for your account, Amazon SES will automatically increase your quotas. For more information, see Increasing your Amazon SES sending quotas. |
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|
Documentation update |
Added information about deleting personal data from Amazon SES. |
March 13, 2018 |
|
Open sourced documentation |
The Amazon SES documentation is now available on GitHub |
February 22, 2018 |
|
Documentation update |
Added a section that provides information about deleting personal data stored in Amazon SES. |
February 28, 2018 |
|
Documentation update |
Revised the Amazon SNS event publishing field definitions, and added a Rendering Failure event example. |
January 22, 2018 |
| Documentation update |
Updated Deliverability Dashboard appendix to account for changes to IAM and Lambda consoles. We removed this appendix on May 3, 2019, because it used components that were no longer supported. |
January 18, 2018 |
| Documentation update | Updated content related to publishing events to CloudWatch to mention blocked fields. | January 15, 2018 |
| Documentation update | Updated procedures for sending email using OpenSSL to make them easier to follow. | January 11, 2018 |
| Documentation update | Added code example for sending raw email by using the AWS SDK for Ruby. | January 2, 2018 |
| Documentation update | Added code example for sending raw email by using the AWS SDK for PHP. | December 29, 2017 |
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New feature |
Added content related to custom verification emails. |
December 7, 2017 |
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New feature |
Added content related to pausing email sending and exporting reputation metrics for configuration sets. |
November 15, 2017 |
| Documentation update | Added code example for sending raw email by using the AWS SDK for Java. | October 23, 2017 |
| Documentation update | Added code example for sending raw email by using the AWS SDK for Python (Boto). | October 20, 2017 |
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New feature |
Added content related to the email templates and personalized email features. |
October 11, 2017 |
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New feature |
Added content related to the open and click custom domain feature. |
September 18, 2017 |
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New feature |
Added content related to the reputation dashboard. |
August 24, 2017 |
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New feature |
Added content related to dedicated IP pools feature. |
August 17, 2017 |
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New feature |
Added content related to open and click tracking feature. |
August 1, 2017 |
|
Documentation update |
Added an index of code examples. |
June 26, 2017 |
|
Documentation update |
Added an appendix that demonstrates the process of creating a deliverability dashboard for Amazon SES. We removed this appendix on May 3, 2019, because it used components that were no longer supported. |
June 22, 2017 |
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Documentation update |
Updated email sending code examples. |
June 6, 2017 |
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New feature |
Updated for dedicated IPs. |
November 21, 2016 |
|
New feature |
Updated for email sending event publishing. |
November 2, 2016 |
|
Service update |
Updated to reflect that users no longer need to explicitly enable Easy DKIM signing after generating their DKIM records. |
September 15, 2016 |
|
Documentation update |
Added a getting started tutorial for receiving email. |
July 12, 2016 |
|
New feature |
Updated for enhanced notifications. |
June 14, 2016 |
|
New feature |
Updated for custom MAIL FROM domains. |
March 14, 2016 |
|
New feature |
Updated for inbound email. |
September 28, 2015 |
|
New feature |
Updated for sending authorization. |
July 8, 2015 |
|
New feature |
Updated for AWS CloudTrail logging. |
May 7, 2015 |
|
Service update |
Updated to reflect the consolidation of the Amazon SES quotas increase forms and removed "production access" terminology. |
April 8, 2015 |
|
Service update |
Updated with new requirements for domain verification TXT records. |
February 25, 2015 |
|
Documentation update |
Added Enforcement FAQ. |
December 15, 2014 |
|
New feature |
Updated for delivery notifications. |
June 23, 2014 |
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New feature |
Updated for subdomain support. |
March 19, 2014 |
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New feature |
Updated for Amazon SES expansion to the US West (Oregon) region. |
January 29, 2014 |
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New feature |
Updated for Amazon SES expansion to the Europe (Ireland) region. |
January 15, 2014 |
|
New feature |
Updated to reflect the changes in validation of Header Fields and MIME Types. |
November 6, 2013 |
|
Documentation update |
Removed content on Sender ID. |
August 22, 2013 |
|
New feature |
Updated to reflect the Amazon SES console redesign. |
June 19, 2013 |
|
New feature |
Renamed the blacklist feature to global suppression list. |
May 8, 2013 |
|
New feature |
Updated for the global suppression list removal feature. |
March 4, 2013 |
|
Documentation update |
Added MIME types. |
February 4, 2013 |
|
Documentation update |
Included a Getting Started section to replace the stand-alone Getting Started guide, restructured the Table of Contents, and updated the Sendmail integration instructions. |
January 21, 2013 |
|
Documentation update |
Added troubleshooting sections on increasing throughput and SMTP issues. |
December 12, 2012 |
|
Documentation update |
Restructured the information on sending quotas. |
November 9, 2012 |
|
New feature |
Updated for the Amazon SES mailbox simulator. |
October 3, 2012 |
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New feature |
Updated for using a DKIM signature to sign email from a verified identity. |
July 17, 2012 |
|
New feature |
Updated for receiving bounce and complaint feedback notifications through Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS). |
June 26, 2012 |
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New feature |
Updated for domain verification. |
May 15, 2012 |
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New feature |
Updated to reflect additional header and attachment types. |
April 25, 2012 |
|
New feature |
Updated for the STARTTLS extension to SMTP. |
March 7, 2012 |
|
New feature |
Updated for Variable Envelope Return Path (VERP). |
February 22, 2012 |
|
New feature |
Updated for SMTP support. |
December 13, 2011 |
|
New feature |
Updated for AWS Management Console support. |
November 17, 2011 |
|
New feature |
Updated for attachment support. |
July 18, 2011 |
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Initial release |
This is the first release of the Amazon Simple Email Service Developer Guide. |
January 25, 2011 |
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For information and discussions about a variety of topics
related to Amazon SES, see the AWS Messaging and Targeting Blog |
