Can I use Amazon's SES to send a display name with the source email address?

Question

I've got some .Net code I'm switching from the System.Net.MailMessage to Amazon SES and their .Net SDK v2. Is it possible to include a display name with SES using the SDK similar to the MailMessage object?

The relevant part of the old code looks something like this:

    MailMessage message = new MailMessage();
    MailAddress toAddress = new MailAddress(_user.Email, _user.DisplayName);
    message.To.Add(toAddress);

The relevant part of the new code (so far):

        SendEmailRequest request = new SendEmailRequest()
        {
            Source = _user.Email
        };

Answer 1

With the Java SDK you can include the display name in the sender field using the format:

John Doe <john.doe@example.com>

I assume it is the same with the .NET SDK.

Answer 2

Just use the .ToString() method from the MailAddress object, and you'll get the John Doe <john.doe@example.com> string. Send this string to AWS.

Answer 3

You can set this in your App Settings or WebConfig and concatenate the name and email in your method like this:

var toAddress = $"{_configuration["AWS-SES:SenderName"]} <{_configuration["AWS-SES:SenderAddress"]}>";

its found for .NET