Configure Amazon SES on PHPbb3

Question

I'm actually looking for how to use Amazon SES on phpbb3. I tried to use the SMTP of ses but this didn't work. Is there another way to do this ?

Thanks!

Answer 1

EDIT: I figured it out.

I'm using phpBB3 3.0.10

SMTP: tls://email-smtp.us-east-1.amazonaws.com (you have to add that tls:// prefix!)

Port: 465

Authentication method for SMTP: PLAIN

SMTP username/password: Use the one you configured in Amazon IAM.

For example, my username is AKIAJKVKV2TENFEUP6WA and password is even more complex.

Based on initial findings, Amazon SMS is pretty snappy. Gets delivered within a few seconds.

-Josh

Answer 2

It's important to make sure you have first verified the Reply to and From email addresses in Amazon SES using the Verify Senders that are shown under E-Mail settings in the Administration Control Panel, otherwise the emails won't go out.