Using SES on a different region from EC2 instance

Question

The region my EC2 instance is in is not supported by SES, can I still somehow send emails through another region?

Answer 1

Yes, you can actually call AWS services in any region from any region. In fact, you can call AWS services from anywhere on the Internet (such as your own home computer).

If you are using Amazon SES via SMTP, just point to the SES SMTP endpoint.

If you are using Amazon SES via API calls, pass the Region Name to the client. For example, in Python:

import boto3

client = boto3.client('ses', region_name='us-east-1')
client.send_email(...)