Configuring AWS SES for Postfix in Two Easy Steps

Postfix is ​​an open source email transport agent for Linux and Unix computer operating systems. AWS SES is a cheap, popular and secure way to send transactional emails.

In this article, we will connect your AWS SES account to Postfix and ensure that your emails are sent by AWS SES.

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How to Create AWS SES Api Key / SMTP Credentials

Following link will show to you how to create an AWS SES api key-passwords.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCusJszAIW8

Open your main postfix configuration file with your favourite editor

vim /etc/postfix/main.cf

Add following lines to your file

# start AWS settings
relayhost = [email-smtp.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com]:587
smtp_sasl_auth_enable = yes
smtp_sasl_security_options = noanonymous
smtp_sasl_password_maps = static:USERNAME:PASSWORD
smtp_use_tls = yes
smtp_tls_security_level = encrypt
smtp_tls_note_starttls_offer = yes
# end AWS settings

Points to be considered

You should replace the eu-west-1 with your region
Replace USERNAME and PASSWORD values ​​with your AWS SES credentials.
Save your changes and exit.

Restart the postfix server.

service postfix restart

That’s all, now the emails you send will be sent by AWS SES.

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