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Setting up Amazon Simple Email Service - Amazon Simple Email Service
Sign up for an AWS accountSet up your SES accountDownload an AWS SDK (For using the SES APIs)

Setting up Amazon Simple Email Service

Before you start using Amazon SES, you must complete the following tasks.

Sign up for an AWS account

To get started with AWS, you need an AWS account. For information about creating an AWS account, see Getting started with an AWS account in the AWS Account Management Reference Guide.

Set up your SES account

Get started with SES by verifying an email address and sending domain so that you can start sending email through SES and request production access for your account by using the SES account set up wizard.

Using the SES account set up wizard to set up your account

  1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Amazon SES console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/ses/.

  2. Select Get started from the SES console home page and the wizard will walk you through the steps of setting up your SES account.

The SES account set up wizard will only be presented if you have not yet created any identities (email address or domain) in SES.

Download an AWS SDK (For using the SES APIs)

To call the SES APIs without having to handle low-level details like assembling raw HTTP requests, you can use an AWS SDK. The AWS SDKs provide functions and data types that encapsulate the functionality of SES and other AWS services. To download an AWS SDK, go to SDKs. After you download the SDK, create a shared credentials file and specify your AWS access keys.