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Am I reading this correctly, you have to upload a JSON file to an S3 bucket to send an email? That’s not really email then, is it?

• fnord77 5y ago
  it wouldn't be hard to have a JS ui that presents an email form, but converts that to JSON and posts it to S3.
  • deleted 5y ago
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  • bdcravens 5y ago
    Sure, but pretty much every other email option out there has protocol support. Without that, I think it's a stretch to call this an email server. (Though there are a few that are only accessible via their client, such as Hey)
• ydant 5y ago
  SES supports using SMTP to send emails - so I don't know why this particular setup would prohibit that. https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/DeveloperGuide/send-email-smtp.html https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/DeveloperGuide/send-e...
  • eljimmy 5y ago
    > This flow was designed to take advantage of the S3 trigger system and break each action into a small Lambda. The email flows from S3 => Lambda => SES so the underlying design seems to prohibit sending of emails directly from SES. It sounds like SES could still be used directly, but you then need to add in authorization and user management if you're accessing it externally. It's a cool project and I can envision it being used for internal tooling for automated email notifications or something of that nature. Just doesn't seem practical for users.
    • weego 5y ago
      AFAIK Amazon provides no guarantees that s3 file triggers will actually run, though they 'probably always will'
      • usr1106 5y ago
        Interesting. Do you have any reference?