Creating email flow rules - Amazon WorkMail

Creating email flow rules

Email flow rules apply rule actions to incoming and outgoing email messages. The actions apply when messages match a specified pattern. New email flow rules take effect immediately.

To create email flow rules

  1. Open the Amazon WorkMail console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/workmail/.

    If necessary, change the AWS Region. In the bar at the top of the console window, open the Select a Region list and choose a Region. For more information, see Regions and endpoints in the Amazon Web Services General Reference.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose Organizations, then choose the name of an organization.

  3. In the navigation pane, choose Organization settings.

    The Organization settings page appears and displays a set of tabs. From this page, you can create inbound or outbound rules. The following steps explain how to create both types.

    To create inbound rules

    1. Choose the Inbound rules tab and then choose Create.

    2. In the Rule name box, enter a unique name.

    3. Under Action, open the list and select an action. Each item in the list contains a description, and some provide Learn more links.

      Note

      If you choose the Run Lambda action, additional controls appear: For information about using those controls, see the next section, Configuring AWS Lambda for Amazon WorkMail.

    4. Under Sender domains or addresses, enter the sender domains or addresses to which you want the rule to apply.

    5. Under Destination domains or addresses, enter any combination of destination domains and email addresses.

    6. Choose Create.

    To create outbound rules

    1. Choose the Outbound rules tab and choose Create.

    2. In the Rule name box, enter a unique name.

    3. Under Action, open the list and select an action. Each item in the list contains a description, and some provide Learn more links.

      Note

      If you choose the Run Lambda action, additional controls appear. For information about using those controls, see the next section, Configuring AWS Lambda for Amazon WorkMail.

    4. Under Sender domains or addresses, enter any combination of valid sender domains and email addresses.

    5. Under Destination domains or addresses, enter any combination of valid destinations domains and email addresses.

    6. Choose Create.

    You can test the new email flow rule that you created. For more information, see Testing an email flow rule.