Send email gmail ses

To send an email using Gmail's SMTP server (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) and SES (Simple Email Service), you'll need to follow these steps:

Step 1: Enable Less Secure Apps

To allow Gmail to send emails using SES, you need to enable "Less Secure Apps" in your Google Account settings. Here's how:

  1. Sign in to your Google Account.
  2. Go to the Google Account settings page.
  3. Scroll down to the "Signing in to Google" section.
  4. Click on "Apps with account access".
  5. Look for "Less secure app access" and toggle the switch to "On".

Step 2: Set up Gmail's SMTP Server

To send emails using Gmail's SMTP server, you'll need to configure your SES account to use Gmail's SMTP server. Here's how:

  1. Go to the AWS SES dashboard.
  2. Click on "Email addresses" and then "Verify a new email address".
  3. Enter your Gmail address and click "Verify".
  4. Once verified, click on "Actions" and then "Edit".
  5. Scroll down to the "SMTP settings" section.
  6. Enter the following settings:
    • SMTP server: smtp.gmail.com
    • Port: 587
    • Encryption: TLS
    • Username: Your Gmail address
    • Password: Your Gmail password

Step 3: Send an Email using SES

Now that you've set up your SES account to use Gmail's SMTP server, you can send an email using SES. Here's an example using the AWS CLI:

  1. Install the AWS CLI on your machine.
  2. Run the following command:
    aws ses send-email --from "[email protected]" --to "[email protected]" --subject "Test Email" --text "This is a test email sent using SES and Gmail's SMTP server."

    Replace [email protected] with your actual Gmail address, and [email protected] with the recipient's email address.

That's it! You should receive an email at the recipient's address with the subject and body you specified.

Note: Make sure to replace the placeholders with your actual values, and also be aware that using Gmail's SMTP server with SES may have limitations and potential issues, such as rate limiting and email delivery delays.