Amazon SES Configuration

  1. 🔧 Go to SMTP Config in your admin dashboard.

  2. 🛠️ Fill in the following fields:

    📋 Field
    🧩 Value

    📨 Email Provider

    SMTP

    🌐 SMTP Host

    email-smtp.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com (region-specific)

    👤 SMTP Username

    Your Amazon SES SMTP Username

    🔐 SMTP Password

    Your Amazon SES SMTP Password

    🔌 SMTP Port

    587 (or 465 for SSL, 25 as fallback)

    📧 From Address

    Verified email (e.g., [email protected])

    🏷️ From Name

    e.g., Your Company Support

  3. 💾 Click Save Configuration.

  4. 🧪 Click Test Configuration to validate.

  5. ✉️ Click Send Test Email to confirm setup.

  6. ✅ Toggle Enable Email Configuration ON.


🚀 Amazon SES Setup Guide

1️⃣ Verify Email or Domain

  1. 🔗 Go to Amazon SES Console.

  2. 🆔 Navigate to Verified Identities.

  3. 📩 Click Verify a new email or Verify domain.

  4. ✅ For email: Click link in the verification email.<br> 🛡️ For domain: Add DNS TXT/CNAME records as instructed.


2️⃣ Create SMTP Credentials

  1. 🛠️ In SES, go to SMTP SettingsCreate My SMTP Credentials.

  2. 👤 Create an IAM user for SMTP (Amazon auto-generates one).

  3. 💾 Download and save your SMTP Username and Password.


3️⃣ Use SMTP Details in Your App

🔧 Setting
🧩 Value

📡 SMTP Host

email-smtp.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com

🔌 Port

587, 465, or 25

🔐 Auth

Yes

👤 Username

SMTP username

🔑 Password

SMTP password (generated, NOT AWS login)

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