Changes between Version 133 and Version 134 of InstallationGuidelines/Amazon

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02/05/20 17:36:15 (5 years ago)

Author:

Fran Boon

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InstallationGuidelines/Amazon

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 It is suggested that you use a Smart Hose such as [https://sendgrid.com SendGrid] or Amazon's own [https://aws.amazon.com/ses/ Simple Email Service (SES)]. We go through the latter process here since it is free for the 1st 62,000 mails/month which is sufficient for most of our use cases.
 
-* In your Amazon Console, navigate to SES (Services | Customer Engagement | Simple Email Service)
-* Verify your Outbound Email Sender
+1. In your Amazon Console, navigate to SES (Services | Customer Engagement | Simple Email Service)
+2. Verify your Outbound Email Sender
  * Domain, if possible: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/DeveloperGuide/verify-domains.html
   * NB If you have control of the Domain, then it is suggested to improve deliverability by setting up proper Authentication via [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/DeveloperGuide/send-email-authentication-spf.html SPF], [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/DeveloperGuide/send-email-authentication-dkim.html DKIM] & [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/DeveloperGuide/send-email-authentication-dmarc.html DMARC].
  * Email Address, otherwise: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/DeveloperGuide/verify-email-addresses.html
-* Get SMTP Credentials (USERNAME & PASSWORD for the below config): https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/DeveloperGuide/smtp-credentials.html
+3. Get SMTP Credentials (USERNAME & PASSWORD for the below config): https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/DeveloperGuide/smtp-credentials.html
+4. Lookup your SMTP endpoint for your AWS region: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/DeveloperGuide/smtp-connect.html
+5. Configure your MTA, which we assume to be Exim4:
+{{{
+cd /etc/exim4
+# We start with the default upstream config rather than the Debian one
+gunzip /usr/share/doc/exim4-base/examples/example.conf.gz
+cp example.conf exim4.conf
+# Configure guided by https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/DeveloperGuide/send-email-exim.html
+vi /etc/exim4/exim4.conf
+primary_hostname = myhost.mydomain
+# set options to empty value to avoid warnings
+keep_environment =
+tls_advertise_hosts =
+begin routers
+# Use SMTP endpoint for your region
+send_via_ses:
+  driver = manualroute
+  domains = ! +local_domains
+  transport = ses_smtp
+  route_list = * email-smtp.us-west-2.amazonaws.com;
+begin transports
+ses_smtp:
+  driver = smtp
+  port = 587
+  hosts_require_auth = *
+  hosts_require_tls = *
+begin authenticators
+# Use your USERNAME & PASSWORD
+ses_login:
+  driver = plaintext
+  public_name = LOGIN
+  client_send = : USERNAME: PASSWORD
+
+# Test config:
+exim -C /etc/exim4/exim4.conf -bV
+service exim4 restart
+# Test:
+exim -v recipient@domain
+From: me@myhost.mydomain
+Subject: Testing SES CLI
+Test
+
+.
+}}}
+6. Request a Sending Limit Increase using the AWS Console (button in Sending Statistics)
 == 3. Install & Configure Sahana ==
 This should happen automatically through the user-data.sh script that you used earlier. You can check the progress of this using: