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SendRawEmailCommand
Composes an email message and immediately queues it for sending.
This operation is more flexible than the SendEmail
operation. When you use the SendRawEmail
operation, you can specify the headers of the message as well as its content. This flexibility is useful, for example, when you need to send a multipart MIME email (such a message that contains both a text and an HTML version). You can also use this operation to send messages that include attachments.
The SendRawEmail
operation has the following requirements:
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You can only send email from verified email addresses or domains . If you try to send email from an address that isn't verified, the operation results in an "Email address not verified" error.
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If your account is still in the Amazon SES sandbox , you can only send email to other verified addresses in your account, or to addresses that are associated with the Amazon SES mailbox simulator .
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The maximum message size, including attachments, is 10 MB.
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Each message has to include at least one recipient address. A recipient address includes any address on the To:, CC:, or BCC: lines.
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If you send a single message to more than one recipient address, and one of the recipient addresses isn't in a valid format (that is, it's not in the format UserName[SubDomain.]Domain.TopLevelDomain), Amazon SES rejects the entire message, even if the other addresses are valid.
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Each message can include up to 50 recipient addresses across the To:, CC:, or BCC: lines. If you need to send a single message to more than 50 recipients, you have to split the list of recipient addresses into groups of less than 50 recipients, and send separate messages to each group.
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Amazon SES allows you to specify 8-bit Content-Transfer-Encoding for MIME message parts. However, if Amazon SES has to modify the contents of your message (for example, if you use open and click tracking), 8-bit content isn't preserved. For this reason, we highly recommend that you encode all content that isn't 7-bit ASCII. For more information, see MIME Encoding in the Amazon SES Developer Guide.
Additionally, keep the following considerations in mind when using the SendRawEmail
operation:
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Although you can customize the message headers when using the
SendRawEmail
operation, Amazon SES automatically applies its ownMessage-ID
andDate
headers; if you passed these headers when creating the message, they are overwritten by the values that Amazon SES provides. -
If you are using sending authorization to send on behalf of another user,
SendRawEmail
enables you to specify the cross-account identity for the email's Source, From, and Return-Path parameters in one of two ways: you can pass optional parametersSourceArn
,FromArn
, and/orReturnPathArn
, or you can include the following X-headers in the header of your raw email:-
X-SES-SOURCE-ARN
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X-SES-FROM-ARN
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X-SES-RETURN-PATH-ARN
Don't include these X-headers in the DKIM signature. Amazon SES removes these before it sends the email.
If you only specify the
SourceIdentityArn
parameter, Amazon SES sets the From and Return-Path addresses to the same identity that you specified.For more information about sending authorization, see the Using Sending Authorization with Amazon SES in the Amazon SES Developer Guide.
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For every message that you send, the total number of recipients (including each recipient in the To:, CC: and BCC: fields) is counted against the maximum number of emails you can send in a 24-hour period (your sending quota). For more information about sending quotas in Amazon SES, see Managing Your Amazon SES Sending Limits in the Amazon SES Developer Guide.
Example Syntax
Use a bare-bones client and the command you need to make an API call.
import { SESClient, SendRawEmailCommand } from "@aws-sdk/client-ses"; // ES Modules import
// const { SESClient, SendRawEmailCommand } = require("@aws-sdk/client-ses"); // CommonJS import
const client = new SESClient(config);
const input = { // SendRawEmailRequest
Source: "STRING_VALUE",
Destinations: [ // AddressList
"STRING_VALUE",
],
RawMessage: { // RawMessage
Data: new Uint8Array(), // e.g. Buffer.from("") or new TextEncoder().encode("") // required
},
FromArn: "STRING_VALUE",
SourceArn: "STRING_VALUE",
ReturnPathArn: "STRING_VALUE",
Tags: [ // MessageTagList
{ // MessageTag
Name: "STRING_VALUE", // required
Value: "STRING_VALUE", // required
},
],
ConfigurationSetName: "STRING_VALUE",
};
const command = new SendRawEmailCommand(input);
const response = await client.send(command);
// { // SendRawEmailResponse
// MessageId: "STRING_VALUE", // required
// };
Example Usage
SendRawEmailCommand Input
Parameter | Type | Description |
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Parameter | Type | Description |
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RawMessage Required | RawMessage | undefined | The raw email message itself. The message has to meet the following criteria:
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ConfigurationSetName | string | undefined | The name of the configuration set to use when you send an email using |
Destinations | string[] | undefined | A list of destinations for the message, consisting of To:, CC:, and BCC: addresses. |
FromArn | string | undefined | This parameter is used only for sending authorization. It is the ARN of the identity that is associated with the sending authorization policy that permits you to specify a particular "From" address in the header of the raw email. Instead of using this parameter, you can use the X-header For information about when to use this parameter, see the description of |
ReturnPathArn | string | undefined | This parameter is used only for sending authorization. It is the ARN of the identity that is associated with the sending authorization policy that permits you to use the email address specified in the For example, if the owner of Instead of using this parameter, you can use the X-header For information about when to use this parameter, see the description of |
Source | string | undefined | The identity's email address. If you do not provide a value for this parameter, you must specify a "From" address in the raw text of the message. (You can also specify both.) Amazon SES does not support the SMTPUTF8 extension, as described inRFC6531 . For this reason, the email address string must be 7-bit ASCII. If you want to send to or from email addresses that contain Unicode characters in the domain part of an address, you must encode the domain using Punycode. Punycode is not permitted in the local part of the email address (the part before the sign) nor in the "friendly from" name. If you want to use Unicode characters in the "friendly from" name, you must encode the "friendly from" name using MIME encoded-word syntax, as described in Sending raw email using the Amazon SES API . For more information about Punycode, see RFC 3492 . If you specify the |
SourceArn | string | undefined | This parameter is used only for sending authorization. It is the ARN of the identity that is associated with the sending authorization policy that permits you to send for the email address specified in the For example, if the owner of Instead of using this parameter, you can use the X-header For information about when to use this parameter, see the description of |
Tags | MessageTag[] | undefined | A list of tags, in the form of name/value pairs, to apply to an email that you send using |
SendRawEmailCommand Output
Parameter | Type | Description |
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Parameter | Type | Description |
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$metadata Required | ResponseMetadata | Metadata pertaining to this request. |
MessageId Required | string | undefined | The unique message identifier returned from the |
Throws
Name | Fault | Details |
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Name | Fault | Details |
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AccountSendingPausedException | client | Indicates that email sending is disabled for your entire Amazon SES account. You can enable or disable email sending for your Amazon SES account using UpdateAccountSendingEnabled. |
ConfigurationSetDoesNotExistException | client | Indicates that the configuration set does not exist. |
ConfigurationSetSendingPausedException | client | Indicates that email sending is disabled for the configuration set. You can enable or disable email sending for a configuration set using UpdateConfigurationSetSendingEnabled. |
MailFromDomainNotVerifiedException | client | Indicates that the message could not be sent because Amazon SES could not read the MX record required to use the specified MAIL FROM domain. For information about editing the custom MAIL FROM domain settings for an identity, see the Amazon SES Developer Guide . |
MessageRejected | client | Indicates that the action failed, and the message could not be sent. Check the error stack for more information about what caused the error. |
SESServiceException | Base exception class for all service exceptions from SES service. |