# Monitoring your Amazon SES sending quotas
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You can monitor your sending quotas by using the Amazon SES console or through the Amazon SES API, whether by calling the Query (HTTPS) interface directly or indirectly through an [AWS SDK](https://aws.amazon.com/tools/), the [AWS Command Line Interface](https://aws.amazon.com/cli/), or the [AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell](https://aws.amazon.com/powershell/).

**Important**  
We recommend that you frequently check your sending statistics to ensure that you are not close to your sending quotas. If you are close to your sending quotas, see [Increasing your Amazon SES sending quotas](manage-sending-quotas-request-increase.md) for information about how to increase them. Don't wait until you reach your sending quotas to consider increasing them.

## Monitoring your sending quotas using the Amazon SES console
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The following procedure shows you how to view your sending quotas using the Amazon SES console.

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

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Account dashboard**. Your sending quotas are shown under **Sending Limits**. Total emails sent, remaining sends, and percentage of sending quota used is displayed under **Daily email usage**.   
![\[Account dashboard showing sending limits, daily email usage, and SMTP settings for Amazon SES.\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/dg/images/account_dashboard.png)

1. To update the display, select the refresh icon in the upper right-hand corner of the **Daily email usage** box.

## Monitoring your sending quotas using the Amazon SES API
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The Amazon SES API provides the `GetSendQuota` action, which returns your sending quotas. When you call `GetSendQuota` action, you receive the following information:
+ Number of emails you have sent during the past 24 hours
+ Sending quota for the current 24-hour period
+ Maximum send rate

**Note**  
For a description of `GetSendQuota`, see [Amazon Simple Email Service API Reference](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/APIReference/).