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Bounce

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Bounce - Amazon Simple Email Service
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Information about a Bounce event.

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BounceSubType

The subtype of the bounce, as determined by SES.

Type: String

Required: No

BounceType

The type of the bounce, as determined by SES. Can be one of UNDETERMINED, TRANSIENT, or PERMANENT

Type: String

Valid Values: UNDETERMINED | TRANSIENT | PERMANENT

Required: No

DiagnosticCode

The status code issued by the reporting Message Transfer Authority (MTA). This field only appears if a delivery status notification (DSN) was attached to the bounce and the Diagnostic-Code was provided in the DSN.

Type: String

Required: No

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:

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