Can I send emails to users in Amazon Cognito?

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As far as I understand, I cannot easily iterate through the users in Amazon Cognito.

Is there a way that I can send all of my users an email on updates for my app (possibly through SES)? Or should I not use Cognito because it is not built for this purpose.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 27 '18 at 20:38

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As you suspect, AWS does not intend Cognito to do mail-list management; only transactional emails.

From what I've seen, it's pretty common to manage mail-outs (including product updates) through something like MailChimp or HubSpot, which include additional tools to track user engagement, manage campaigns, and handle the various data protection requirements that different regions expect of companies.

That said, for relatively modest numbers of users (think 100s) you can get away with using ListUsers with a lambda and SES.

answered Oct 27 '18 at 20:38

thomasmichaelwallace

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So during the sign up process, you should add the email onto the mail-list management service as an additional step? – Alan Liang Oct 29 '18 at 14:58
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Yeah- or you could enable Analytics and use PinPoint, which can send marketing/customer engagement emails. – thomasmichaelwallace Oct 29 '18 at 15:00

Can I send emails to users in Amazon Cognito?

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