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sartechnology
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 Posted - Jul 11 2014 : 22:34:54
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I would like to send out about 7,000 html-formatted emails (no embedded images, just image-links) using Amazon SES. I do have an Amazon EC2 account.
Could you tell me how much you would expect this would cost, including data transfer fees?
Thank you,
Martin Colwell.
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xequte
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sartechnology
Canada
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Posted - Jul 12 2014 : 12:32:01
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Hello Nigel,
Thank you for the information. I did notice that Amazon add an extra charge for data transfer, on top of the sending fee, that is why I would like to know what the approximate total cost would be. Would you consider Amazon SES as the best third-party sending option?
Considering the other MLK sending options:
- Is there a way I can tell if my ISP is blocking port 25, if I choose to use the included SMTP server option 'Send via a Mail Server (using SMTP)'?
- If I use MLK's Internal SMTP server what would be the approximate cost?
- Do these external sending options still appear to come from my company's email address?
Thank you very much for your help.
Martin Colwell.
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xequte
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Posted - Jul 12 2014 : 22:23:33
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Hi
The data transfer rate is negligible, so for 7,000 recipients it should not be an issue.
1. Well you could do a test sending. Otherwise they usually publish the information on their support page. Or just google your ISPs name and "port 25"
2. There is no cost, as it runs from your own system, using your own bandwidth. Though there are a number of downsides to using a local mail server, firstly most ISP's block port 25. Secondly you are more likely to be flagged as a spammer
3. Yes
Nigel
Xequte Software
www.xequte.com
nigel@xequte.com
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sartechnology
Canada
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Posted - Aug 12 2014 : 07:40:42
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Hello,
I have an Amazon SES account and was just approved for production access. I have entered the Amazon Access Key ID and Secret Access Key but when I try and send a test email from MLK it displays the error message 'An error was encountered connecting to Amazon SES: http://1.1.400 Bad Request'.
I went back to the Amazon SES site and created SMTP username and password, which I also entered, and then changed the Other Email Options from Web API to SMTP, but this also created an error message.
Could you tell me what I need to do to get MLK to send the emails through Amazon SES?
Thank you,
Martin Colwell.
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xequte
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xequte
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Posted - Aug 13 2014 : 12:51:15
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Thanks for the log.
You are getting the error: Email address is not verified.
SES requires that you verify the addresses that you specify as your reply address. Please go to the Amazon SES control panel web page and verify your address: sartechno****@t****.net
Nigel
Xequte Software
www.xequte.com
nigel@xequte.com
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sartechnology
Canada
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Posted - Aug 14 2014 : 08:39:39
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I added the SES verified sending-from (not to!) email address and then solved the remaining MLK connection problems to Amazon SES as follows:
- MLK keeps the default US-East North Virginia server name until you manually change this to your Amazon SES-SMTP server
e.g. email-smtp.us-west2.amazonaws.com
- Port: 465 (Amazon SES-SMTP setting, changed from the default 25)
- Other Sending Options: Amazon SES Sending Method: SMTP
(preferred over Web API)
Note: Sending Email... Edit Sending Profiles... Details... Reply Address... Name
The Name entered here (corporate or personal) will be the email 'from' name seen by the recipients when using Amazon SES.
Note: Gmail will add 'via' to the email header e.g. MyCompanyInc. via amazonses.com
- unless you publish an SPF record that includes the IPs of the vendor (SES) which send your messages and sign your messages with a DKIM signature that is associated with your domain.
Amazon SES DKIM Generation: Verified Sender... Email Addresses... Select a Verified Sender email adress... click View Details... DKIM... and generate a DKIM.
These three sets of DKIM values (Name, Type and Value) must be entered into your DNS settings by your domain name registrar.
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