How to get mail logs from aws ses

AWS SES (Simple Email Service) provides several ways to retrieve mail logs, which can be useful for monitoring and troubleshooting email sending and receiving activities. Here are a few methods to get mail logs from AWS SES:

Method 1: Using the AWS SES Console

  1. Log in to the AWS Management Console and navigate to the AWS SES dashboard.
  2. Click on the "Mail logs" tab.
  3. Select the date range for which you want to retrieve the logs.
  4. Click on the "Get logs" button to download the logs in CSV format.

Method 2: Using the AWS CLI

  1. Install and configure the AWS CLI on your machine.
  2. Run the following command to retrieve the mail logs:
    aws ses get-mail-logs --start-time <start-time> --end-time <end-time> --query "Messages" --output text

    Replace <start-time> and <end-time> with the desired date and time range in ISO 8601 format (e.g., 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z).

Method 3: Using AWS CloudWatch Logs

  1. Navigate to the AWS CloudWatch dashboard.
  2. Click on "Logs" in the left-hand menu.
  3. Select the log group that corresponds to your AWS SES account (e.g., /aws/ses).
  4. Click on the "Filter" button and select "Log events" as the filter type.
  5. Enter a filter pattern to specify the log events you want to retrieve (e.g., @type: "SES" AND @message: "delivery").
  6. Click on the "Apply" button to apply the filter.
  7. Click on the "Export" button to export the filtered log events to a CSV file.

Method 4: Using AWS Lambda and CloudWatch Logs

  1. Create an AWS Lambda function that triggers on SES events (e.g., ses:MessageReceived).
  2. In the Lambda function, write code to capture the SES event data and log it to CloudWatch Logs.
  3. Use CloudWatch Logs to retrieve the log events and export them to a CSV file.

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