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In the ever-evolving landscape of digital communication, email continues to be a cornerstone channel, offering unparalleled Return on Investment (ROI) due to its accessibility and effectiveness in targeting specific audiences. For organizations aiming to enhance their marketing and transactional communications, partnering with a seasoned email service provider is essential. This is where Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) steps in, renowned for its reliability and affordability in serving developers and digital marketers since 2011.
Amazon SES provides a robust solution for businesses of all sizes, particularly those in highly regulated industries requiring stringent security measures. To meet these demands, Amazon SES offers advanced security and compliance options, including the ability to configure DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) with your own RSA key pair, as well as support for HIPAA eligibility and FIPS 140-2 compliant endpoints.
Today, we are excited to introduce a significant enhancement: customers can now establish a secure connection directly from their Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) to Amazon SES via VPC Endpoints, facilitated by AWS PrivateLink. This means you can access Amazon SES without needing an Internet gateway, NAT device, VPN connection, or AWS Direct Connect. Communication between your VPC and Amazon SES SMTP endpoint remains entirely within the Amazon network, ensuring heightened security and performance.
With this new functionality, traffic to Amazon SES does not traverse the Internet, allowing for a secure linkage between your VPC and Amazon SES while alleviating concerns around availability and bandwidth. You can streamline Amazon SES across your multi-account setup, providing it as a service without relying on an Internet gateway.
Getting Started with Amazon SES for VPC Endpoints
To start sending emails from your EC2 instance within the default VPC, follow our detailed guide to set up VPC Endpoints with SES. Begin by creating a Security Group with the necessary inbound rules and assigning the private IP of your instance in the EC2 console.
To create the VPC Endpoint for Amazon SES, navigate to the VPC console, follow the steps for Creating an Interface Endpoint, and select the service name com.amazonaws.region.email-smtp. Attach the security group you just created.
Once your endpoint is operational, you can SSH into your EC2 instance and utilize the OpenSSL command to test the connection or send emails through the newly established endpoint. The SMTP interface can be accessed similarly from your operating system’s command line.
$ openssl s_client -crlf -quiet -starttls smtp -connect email-smtp.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com:587Ensure that your VPC Endpoints are created in the same region as your API calls to Amazon SES, as cross-region requests are not currently supported.
Amazon SES for VPC Endpoints is now available in all regions where Amazon SES operates, and there are no additional fees for this feature—only standard interface VPC endpoint charges apply. To learn more, check out the product page and documentation. If you would like to provide feedback, please visit the AWS forum for Amazon SES or contact your usual AWS support representatives.
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