When adding a new sender email. Select 'Configure SMTP' and 'AWS SES'. There are 2 ways to add an email address that uses AWS SES SMTP.
- Using Access Keys
- Using SMTP Credentials
Using Access Keys
- Go to your the IAM dashboard and add a user with 'Programmatic access' type
- Attach AmazonSESFullAccess and AmazonSNSFullAccess to the user
- Download the access credentials. Copy the keys along with your SES account region add them to the Mailmodo settings
- Access keys and region information goes here
Using SMTP Credentials
- Copy the Server Name from the SMTP Settings in your SES Dashboard. Create new SMTP credentials
- Copy the SMTP credentials and server name required in your Mailmodo account
- The copied information goes here
Adding the Webhook URL
- After configuring the AWS SES using access keys or SMTP Credentials you will be asked to add a Webhook URL to your SES configuration
- Create a new subscription in the SNS dashboard. Choose a topic and HTTPS protocol. Paste the webhook provided in the endpoint as shown below. Please note the Topic ARN. Activate the subscription
- After creating a subscription, create a Configuration Set from your SES dashboard
- Edit the configuration set. Add a destination of type SNS
- Name the destination and choose the same topic as in the SNS subscription setting. Click Save
- Verify the settings under domain authentication in Mailmodo. If settings are verified successfully your SMTP is properly configured