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 # (optional, default true) No error in /var/discourse/shared/standalone/log/rails/production.log regarding aws. No email delivered, and no Identity and Access Management (IAM) Amazon SES Last activity. Basically it isn’t reaching AWS API, really don’t know what to do, any suggestions?

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 setting with an email address template that uses the + sign. The default of replies+%{reply_key}@discourse.example.com … works fine. If you are using your own or your company’s email server, then, that’s it tada Your discourse instance must be able to receive email sent to this address. This should work via POP, bu…

You’re using the wrong port. Try 25, 587, or 2587 Ref: Connecting to an Amazon SES SMTP endpoint - Amazon Simple Email Service

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, 7:37pm 6

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