Amazon SES SMTP Settings (2026)

// PHP - Amazon SES SMTP with PHPMailer
use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer;
use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\SMTP;

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$mail = new PHPMailer(true);

try {
    // Amazon SES SMTP settings
    $mail->isSMTP();
    $mail->Host       = 'email-smtp.us-east-1.amazonaws.com';
    $mail->SMTPAuth   = true;
    $mail->Username   = 'YOUR_SMTP_USERNAME'; // NOT IAM!
    $mail->Password   = 'YOUR_SMTP_PASSWORD'; // NOT IAM!
    $mail->SMTPSecure = PHPMailer::ENCRYPTION_STARTTLS;
    $mail->Port       = 587;

    // Sender must be verified in SES
    $mail->setFrom('sender@yourdomain.com', 'Your Name');
    $mail->addAddress('recipient@example.com');

    $mail->isHTML(true);
    $mail->Subject = 'Test from Amazon SES';
    $mail->Body    = 'Hello from SES SMTP!';

    $mail->send();
    echo 'Email sent successfully!';
} catch (Exception $e) {
    echo "Error: {$mail->ErrorInfo}";
}

// Node.js - Amazon SES SMTP with Nodemailer
const nodemailer = require('nodemailer');

// Amazon SES SMTP configuration
const transporter = nodemailer.createTransport({
    host: 'email-smtp.us-east-1.amazonaws.com',
    port: 587,
    secure: false, // STARTTLS
    auth: {
        user: 'YOUR_SMTP_USERNAME', // NOT IAM Access Key!
        pass: 'YOUR_SMTP_PASSWORD'  // NOT IAM Secret Key!
    }
});

async function sendEmail() {
    try {
        const info = await transporter.sendMail({
            from: '"Your Name" <sender@yourdomain.com>',
            to: 'recipient@example.com',
            subject: 'Test from Amazon SES',
            text: 'Hello from SES SMTP!',
            html: '<b>Hello from SES SMTP!</b>'
        });

        console.log('Email sent:', info.messageId);
    } catch (error) {
        console.error('Error:', error);
    }
}

sendEmail();

// Go - Amazon SES SMTP
package main

import (
    "net/smtp"
    "fmt"
)

func main() {
    // Amazon SES SMTP credentials
    smtpHost := "email-smtp.us-east-1.amazonaws.com"
    smtpPort := "587"
    smtpUser := "YOUR_SMTP_USERNAME" // NOT IAM!
    smtpPass := "YOUR_SMTP_PASSWORD" // NOT IAM!

    // Email details
    from := "sender@yourdomain.com"
    to := []string{"recipient@example.com"}
    subject := "Test from Amazon SES"
    body := "Hello from SES SMTP!"

    msg := []byte(fmt.Sprintf(
        "From: %s\r\nTo: %s\r\nSubject: %s\r\n\r\n%s",
        from, to[0], subject, body,
    ))

    auth := smtp.PlainAuth("", smtpUser, smtpPass, smtpHost)

    err := smtp.SendMail(smtpHost+":"+smtpPort, auth, from, to, msg)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error:", err)
        return
    }
    fmt.Println("Email sent successfully!")
}