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Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) is a cloud-based email sending service designed to help businesses and developers send marketing, notification, and transactional emails. It is a reliable, scalable, and cost-effective solution for sending emails from within any application.
When using Amazon SES, you might encounter the InvalidSendRawEmailRequest
error. This error typically occurs when attempting to send an email using the SendRawEmail
API call.
The error message returned is: InvalidSendRawEmailRequest
. This indicates that the request to send a raw email is not correctly formatted or is missing required parameters.
The InvalidSendRawEmailRequest
error is triggered when the API call to SendRawEmail
does not meet the expected structure or lacks necessary parameters. This can happen due to incorrect formatting of the email content or missing headers.
From
, To
, or Subject
.To resolve the InvalidSendRawEmailRequest
error, follow these steps:
Ensure that all required parameters are included in your SendRawEmail
request. This includes:
Source
: The email address that is sending the email.Destinations
: A list of email addresses to which the email is being sent.RawMessage
: The raw email message data.Make sure that your email includes all necessary headers. At a minimum, include:
From
: The sender's email address.To
: The recipient's email address.Subject
: The subject line of the email.Ensure that your email content is correctly formatted. This includes proper MIME formatting if you are sending HTML content or attachments. Refer to the Amazon SES Developer Guide for more details on formatting raw emails.
Try sending a simple text email to verify that your basic setup is correct. Once successful, gradually add complexity to your email content.
For further assistance, refer to the Amazon SES Documentation and the AWS Forums for community support.
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