I’m trying to use my discourse instance with the Amazon SES API, config as follows: DISCOURSE_SMTP_ADDRESS: email.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com DISCOURSE_SMTP_PORT: 443 DISCOURSE_SMTP_USER_NAME: AKI_Access_key_ID DISCOURSE_SMTP_PASSWORD: apikey DISCOURSE_SMTP_ENABLE_START_TLS: true # (…

Here’s the solution You’ll need: [image] Configure VERP to handle bouncing e-mails Self-Hosting Setting up bounces handling Discourse uses the Variable envelope return path (VERP) technique to handle bouncing e-mails. To enable VERP, set the “reply by email address” site …

I’m trying to use the Amazon SES API not the SMTP.

Sorry, can’t use API as SMTP for discourse.

Yeah, I just realized that. That’s too bad because I can’t seem to manage setting up the bounce emails to appear in the Bounced section of Discourse, which causes emails to be sent to nonexistent emails.

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itsbhanusharma (Bhanu Sharma) January 26, 2020, 10:30am 2

You’re using the wrong port. Try 25, 587, or 2587
Ref: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/DeveloperGuide/smtp-connect.html

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