# Configure VERP to handle bouncing e-mails

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/configure-verp-to-handle-bouncing-e-mails/45343
**Category:** Self-Hosting
**Tags:** email, how-to
**Created:** [June 6, 2016, 10:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configure-verp-to-handle-bouncing-e-mails/45343 "2016-06-06T22:53:31Z")
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### Author: ![markersocial](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/markersocial/32/170136_2.png) [@markersocial](https://meta.discourse.org/u/markersocial)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2025, 2:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configure-verp-to-handle-bouncing-e-mails/45343/204 "2025-04-26T14:15:40Z")

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Just found this, which might be useful to some using SES also (the ‘ **Using the mailbox simulator** ’ section):

> **[Sending test emails in Amazon SES with the simulator - Amazon Simple Email...](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/dg/send-an-email-from-console.html)**
>
> Send an email to yourself from the Amazon SES console for the easiest way to experiment with sending emails using Amazon SES.

Can use the ‘send a test email’ inside the Discourse admin to send to specific addresses that will simulate things like bounces and complaints without hurting your sending reputation.

e.g.

> [bounce@simulator.amazonses.com](mailto:bounce@simulator.amazonses.com)  
> [complaint@simulator.amazonses.com](mailto:complaint@simulator.amazonses.com)

There are other testing addresses in the link above.

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