How do I handle email bounces with SES?
Set up SNS notifications for bounces in SES configuration sets. When a bounce occurs, SES publishes to SNS, your app processes the SNS message, and you mark the email as bounced in your database. Never send to bounced addresses again to protect your sender reputation.
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Install @aws-sdk/client-ses, create an SESClient with AWS credentials, then use SendEmailCommand with Source, Destination (ToAddresses), and Message (Subject, Body with Html and Text). Call sesClient.send(command) to send.
Create a template with CreateTemplateCommand (TemplateName, SubjectPart, HtmlPart, TextPart with {{variables}}). Send with SendTemplatedEmailCommand, passing TemplateData as a JSON string with variable values. Templates are stored on AWS and reused across emails.
Configuration sets are groups of rules for email sending open tracking (pixel), click tracking (link wrapping), bounce/complaint notifications via SNS, and event publishing to CloudWatch. Add ConfigurationSetName to your send params to enable tracking.
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