I need help with what I thought would be a very typical situation:

  1. I have a domain name.
  2. I have an AWS account (paid).
  3. I would like to use AWS server for both incoming and outgoing mail.

Embarrassingly, I do research in this field, but I cannot afford to swim-and-hope at the moment, so was wondering if someone could point me straight to it.

I’m OK with Windows or Linux, though prefer Windows.

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For incoming mail you would have to setup a lamda to process it. Outgoing is easy with SES.

Why not just forward your email with something like https://forwardemail.net or a lot of registrars offer email forwarding then use Amazon SES for outgoing email.

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have you considered using AWS SES for your email needs? It’s a reliable service with detailed documentation to help you set up both incoming and outgoing mail. You can use this with Windows or Linux, and it’s a cost-effective option for your AWS account. Good luck!

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Indeed I have. In fact, one of my people set it up yesterday. We are in the “evaluation” period for account setup. After taking a quick look at documentation, I was not sure if I could point my desktop email client (Outlook) to it and use it that way.

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If you want to stick with AWS, try WorkMail for incoming/outgoing and SES for outgoing to large group.

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