Okay, sorry guys, this video is a lot longer than I originally intended, but we covered a lot in the end in this video. Highly advise watching this on 2x speed!
If you're not familiar, AWS SES, or Simple Email Service, is a fantastic way to send email online, especially programmatically, meaning with code.
But, the first step in doing that is to get your domain verified on AWS and set up so that you can send emails with it.
In this tutorial video, I walk you through a complete setup, all the way from adding the first DNS record to sending successful test emails.
As always, let me know guys if you have any questions about this by asking in the comments, and I will try to point you in the right direction and help you out
00:02 Introduction: Setting up AWS SES for a new domain
00:48 Overview of AWS Simple Email Service
01:51 Starting the AWS SES setup process
03:14 Creating a domain identity in AWS SES
04:24 Setting up custom mail from domain
05:29 Adding DKIM records to DNS
08:13 Verifying DNS records
11:32 Explanation of email authentication methods (SPF, DKIM, DMARC)
14:48 Adding MX and SPF records
17:47 Brief mention of DMARC setup
19:35 Sending a test email through AWS SES
22:14 Creating SMTP credentials for email sending
24:21 Conclusion and next steps