@aws-cdk/aws-ses

Amazon Simple Email Service Construct Library

AWS CDK v1 has reached End-of-Support on 2023-06-01. This package is no longer being updated, and users should migrate to AWS CDK v2.

For more information on how to migrate, see the Migrating to AWS CDK v2 guide.

This module is part of the AWS Cloud Development Kit project.

Email receiving

Create a receipt rule set with rules and actions (actions can be found in the @aws-cdk/aws-ses-actions package):

import * as s3 from '@aws-cdk/aws-s3';
import * as actions from '@aws-cdk/aws-ses-actions';

const bucket = new s3.Bucket(this, 'Bucket');
const topic = new sns.Topic(this, 'Topic');

new ses.ReceiptRuleSet(this, 'RuleSet', {
  rules: [
    {
      recipients: ['[e-mail]'],
      actions: [
        new actions.AddHeader({
          name: 'X-Special-Header',
          value: 'aws',
        }),
        new actions.S3({
          bucket,
          objectKeyPrefix: 'emails/',
          topic,
        }),
      ],
    },
    {
      recipients: ['aws.com'],
      actions: [
        new actions.Sns({
          topic,
        }),
      ],
    },
  ],
});

Alternatively, rules can be added to a rule set:

const ruleSet = new ses.ReceiptRuleSet(this, 'RuleSet');

const awsRule = ruleSet.addRule('Aws', {
  recipients: ['aws.com'],
});

And actions to rules:

import * as actions from '@aws-cdk/aws-ses-actions';

declare const awsRule: ses.ReceiptRule;
declare const topic: sns.Topic;
awsRule.addAction(new actions.Sns({
  topic,
}));

When using addRule, the new rule is added after the last added rule unless after is specified.

Drop spams

A rule to drop spam can be added by setting dropSpam to true:

new ses.ReceiptRuleSet(this, 'RuleSet', {
  dropSpam: true,
});

This will add a rule at the top of the rule set with a Lambda action that stops processing messages that have at least one spam indicator. See Lambda Function Examples.

Receipt filter

Create a receipt filter:

new ses.ReceiptFilter(this, 'Filter', {
  ip: '1.2.3.4/16', // Will be blocked
});

An allow list filter is also available:

new ses.AllowListReceiptFilter(this, 'AllowList', {
  ips: [
    '10.0.0.0/16',
    '1.2.3.4/16',
  ],
});

This will first create a block all filter and then create allow filters for the listed ip addresses.