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ReceiptAction - Amazon Simple Email Service

ReceiptAction

An action that Amazon SES can take when it receives an email on behalf of one or more email addresses or domains that you own. An instance of this data type can represent only one action.

For information about setting up receipt rules, see the Amazon SES Developer Guide.

Contents

AddHeaderAction

Adds a header to the received email.

Type: AddHeaderAction object

Required: No

BounceAction

Rejects the received email by returning a bounce response to the sender and, optionally, publishes a notification to Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS).

Type: BounceAction object

Required: No

ConnectAction

Parses the received message and starts an email contact in Amazon Connect on your behalf.

Type: ConnectAction object

Required: No

LambdaAction

Calls an AWS Lambda function, and optionally, publishes a notification to Amazon SNS.

Type: LambdaAction object

Required: No

S3Action

Saves the received message to an Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) bucket and, optionally, publishes a notification to Amazon SNS.

Type: S3Action object

Required: No

SNSAction

Publishes the email content within a notification to Amazon SNS.

Type: SNSAction object

Required: No

StopAction

Terminates the evaluation of the receipt rule set and optionally publishes a notification to Amazon SNS.

Type: StopAction object

Required: No

WorkmailAction

Calls Amazon WorkMail and, optionally, publishes a notification to Amazon Amazon SNS.

Type: WorkmailAction object

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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