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Upgrade Your Email Tech Stack with Amazon SESv2 API

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This article explains the advantages of upgrading your email tech stack to the new Amazon SESv2 API over the older SESv1 API, and provides examples using the AWS CLI to demonstrate the key differences and benefits.

Specifically, the article covers:

  • Overview of the Amazon SESv1 API and its basic functionality for sending and receiving emails
  • Introduction to the new Amazon SESv2 API, its enhanced features like list management, dedicated IP pools, unsubscribe headers, and larger message sizes
  • Benefits of migrating to SESv2 API such as new features, future-proofing, and improved usability
  • Considerations for migration like updating IAM policies and using both APIs for certain actions
  • Comparison examples using AWS CLI for listing identities, creating identities, and deleting identities in SESv1 vs SESv2
  • Step-by-step examples for sending simple, raw, and templated emails using SESv1 and SESv2 APIs
  • Guidance on the migration process for updating code to use SESv2 client and APIs
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