Connect AWS SES and your domain
Connect Amazon SES or another provider, verify your domain and add senders.
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- Create an AWS IAM user and access keys for MeisaCreate an IAM user with no console access, attach a small SES and SNS policy, then create an access key to paste into Meisa.
- Connect Amazon SES to MeisaGo to Email setup, click Connect a provider, choose Amazon SES, paste your access key ID and secret, pick your region and click Add provider.
- Which AWS SES region should I choose?Pick one region Meisa supports, close to you or where your data must stay, and do everything in it: domain, production access and keys.
- Verify your sending domain (DKIM, SPF and DMARC)Add your domain in Email setup, copy the 3 DKIM CNAMEs plus the SPF and DMARC TXT records to your DNS host, then click Check my records.
- Add Meisa's DNS records at Cloudflare, GoDaddy, Namecheap or Route 53Add the 3 DKIM CNAMEs, SPF and DMARC records where your domain's DNS is managed. On Cloudflare set CNAMEs to DNS only; elsewhere drop the domain from the name.
- Move AWS SES out of the sandbox (request production access)New SES accounts can only email verified addresses. In the SES console click Request production access, describe who you email and how they opted in, and...
- Add a sender (From name and address)In Email setup, open Add a sender address, enter a From name and a From email on your verified domain, optionally a Reply-to, and click Add sender.
- Set up open and click trackingMeisa tracks opens and clicks itself with no setup. Run Set up delivery tracking once so SES reports deliveries, bounces and complaints back to Meisa.
- Use SendGrid, Postmark, Resend, Mailgun or SMTP instead of SESIn Email setup click Connect a provider, choose SendGrid, Postmark, Resend, Mailgun, Brevo, SparkPost, Mailjet or Custom SMTP, paste its API key and click Add...
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