Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) | Spam and Viruses

Question 1

What happens if I try to send a malformed email message or send an email that is disallowed for any other reason?

Spam and Viruses

Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) | Customer Engagement

Answer 1

If Amazon SES is unable to deliver your message, it will return an error message with information about what caused the delivery to fail. In rare cases, Amazon SES may not detect the problem with your email until after accepting your request. In such cases, your email will be returned to you as a bounce with a corresponding error code and reason.

Question 2

How does Amazon SES ensure that incoming mail is free of spam and viruses?

Spam and Viruses

Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) | Customer Engagement

Answer 2

Amazon SES uses a number of spam and virus protection measures. It uses block lists to prevent mail from known spammers from entering the system in the first place. It also performs virus scans on every incoming email that contains an attachment.

Amazon SES makes its spam detection verdicts available to you, enabling you to decide if you trust each message. In addition to the spam and virus verdicts, Amazon SES provides the DKIM and SPF check results.