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How to connect Amazon SES

This tutorial will show you how to connect your Amazon SES mailbox to Warmy and start a warm-up

Step 1: Create Amazon SES

  1. At the top of the screen, select Amazon SES (Amazon Simple Email Service).
  2. Click the Create Identity button and follow the on-screen instructions to create your Amazon SES object.
  3. Following the instructions connect your domain or email address to Amazon SES

 

After you add your domain or email address to Amazon SES, you must verify it.

If you added an email address, you will receive a verification email to that address. Click the link in the email to verify your address.

If you added a domain, you will need to follow the setup steps displayed on the screen. This process may involve adding a DNS record to your domain.

Step 2: Generate SMTP credentials


  1. Go to the Amazon SES console.
  2. Go to the Verified Identities page and check if everything has been verified
  3. Go to SMTP Settings tab.
  4. Click Create SMTP Credentials button and follow the on-screen instructions.
  5. In the IAM User Name field, enter a name for the SMTP credentials, for example [ IAM User Name: [ ses-smtp-user-warmy ] ]
  6. Click the Create button.
  7. After the SMTP credentials have been created, you will see the Show User SMTP Security Credentials text. Click on this text to view the SMTP endpoint address and credentials.
  8. After that, return to the </Amazon SES → SMTP settings/> tab and save the data you can see in Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) settings → SMTP endpoint → </ email-smtp.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com />



Step 3: Connect your Amazon SES mailbox to Warmy

  1. Go to the Warmy dashboard.
  2. Click the Amazon SES button.
  3. Then click the SMTP form

  4. In the Email Address field, enter the email address that you added to Amazon SES and passed the verification.
  5. In the "Send from" Name field, enter the name of the sender.
  6. In the SMTP Username field, enter the SMTP username that you saved earlier.
  7. In the SMTP Password field, enter the SMTP password that you saved earlier.
  8. In the SMTP Host field, enter the SMTP host that you saved earlier.


You can also connect your mailbox to IMAP to receive and handle incoming e-mails (this will be good for warming up)


  10. In the IMAP section, enter the following information:

  • IMAP Username: The username for your mailbox. This would be the email address that you added to Amazon SES and passed the verification.
  • IMAP Password: If you are using a Gmail mailbox, you will need to generate an application password to use in this field. You can generate an application password in your Gmail settings. If you are using a different mailbox provider, you can simply enter the password for your mailbox.
  • IMAP Host: The IMAP host for your mailbox. In your case, this would be "imap.gmail.com".
  • IMAP Port: The IMAP port for your mailbox. This is typically 993.

11. Click the Connect button.

Once you've followed these steps, your Amazon SES mailbox will be connected to Warmy and you can start warming up! 🥳