AWS – SES Mail Manager adds support for address and domain lists

SES announces that Mail Manager now supports defined email address and domain lists which are used as part of the Mail Manager rules engine to distinguish between known and unknown addresses. This functionality adds both the mechanisms to upload and manage email address and domain lists, and the rules engine controls to make routing decisions based on whether a given address in a message envelope is on such a list or not. Customers are therefore able to ensure trusted delivery for known internal recipients while implementing catch-all behaviors for directory harvesting attacks, mistyped addresses, and standard behaviors for other domains owned and managed by the customer.

SES recipient lists allow customers to upload email addresses individually or in batches via CSV files. They can then configure one or more lists with different routing preferences in the Mail Manager rules engine. This provides immediate changes to mail routing simply by adding another address to an existing list. For example, a list of “Retired Employees” might have new names added with some frequency, but the handling rule — attached to the list name itself — remains the same throughout.

SES Mail Manager recipient lists increase the flexibility and security of customers using Mail Manager to handle incoming mail by increasing resistance to email-based reconnaissance efforts and without disclosing list names or aliases externally. SES Mail Manager recipient lists are available in every region where Mail Manager is launched. Customers can learn more about SES Mail Manager here.

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