Tag: Bounces

Why is it important to track email deliverability per domain with Amazon Simple Email Service (SES)? Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES) is a scalable cloud email service provider that enables businesses to build a large-scale email solution and host multiple domains from the same SES account for different purposes ex: one domain for sending […]

Introduction In this blog post I’d like to walk you through how to implement BIMI while using Amazon SES. For your information BIMI can be best described by the following excerpt from bimigroup.org: Brand Indicators for Message Identification or BIMI (pronounced: Bih-mee) is an emerging email specification that enables the use of brand-controlled logos within […]

Hello SES senders!  We have talked a number of times about how high bounce rates indicate a need to improve sending practices.  A high bounce rate can be a sign that someone is sending mail to lists that they have bought or rented, or that they aren’t maintaining their own lists, or a number of other problems.  As such, SES takes high […]

We occasionally hear from customers we have pinged about high bounce rates that they are already doing everything they can… Specifically, they remove addresses that bounce and make sure they never send to them again, and when someone registers for their website or service, they send an initial confirmation mail that the user needs to […]

The best practice is to only send mail to people who have specifically asked for your mail, and who have recently interacted with your site.  “Interacted” can mean different things to different people, but generally it means they have logged in to your website, they have recently done business with you, or they have opened or […]

So you’re sending lots of email; everything is looking great.  At least, until you get a probation notice in your inbox.  How could this be?  Why did it happen?  What are your next steps? First of all, take a deep breath.  There is generally a grace period for addressing issues you might be having with […]

We are happy to announce that Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES) launched the Mailbox Simulator today. In this post we talk about the motivation behind the Mailbox Simulator, how it can help you, and when you might want to use it. What is the Mailbox Simulator? The Amazon SES Mailbox Simulator is a set […]

A few days ago, Nick Hristov and I did a webinar on email sending best practices using Amazon SES. Remember, you can also read our best practices whitepaper to earn about even more recommendations. Let us know what you think!