# Using Amazon SES for newsletters

**URL:** <https://forum.ghost.org/t/using-amazon-ses-for-newsletters/59969>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [September 1, 2025, 7:00pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/using-amazon-ses-for-newsletters/59969 "2025-09-01T19:00:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![brunoamaral](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/brunoamaral/32/37240_2.png) [@brunoamaral](https://forum.ghost.org/u/brunoamaral)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2025, 7:00pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/using-amazon-ses-for-newsletters/59969/1 "2025-09-01T19:00:05Z")

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I was going through the documentation and noticed that it is also possible to configure Amazon SES.

Will newsletters also be sent via SES or is this only for transactional emails?

Just wanted to clarify with someone because it doesn’t seem to be explicit in the documentation.

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**Author:** ![jannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/jannis/32/39718_2.png) [@jannis](https://forum.ghost.org/u/jannis)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2025, 7:21pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/using-amazon-ses-for-newsletters/59969/2 "2025-09-01T19:21:57Z")

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No, Mailgun is the only bulk email provider for Ghost.

See:

> **[Why Do I Have To Set Up Mailgun? - Ghost Developer Docs](https://docs.ghost.org/faq/mailgun-newsletters)**
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> Ghost has the ability to deliver posts as email newsletters natively. A bulk-mail provider is required to use this feature and SMTP cannot be used — read more about \[mail config\](/config/#mail).

Transactional emails have multiple options, indeed – one of them is SES.

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**Author:** ![Henry\_Junior](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/henry_junior/32/25808_2.png) [@Henry\_Junior](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Henry_Junior)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2025, 6:20am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/using-amazon-ses-for-newsletters/59969/3 "2025-11-06T06:20:45Z")

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I pushed several PRs to use Amazon SES to send newsletters. You can check them out and patch Ghost to get it running.

> [@More bulk email options](https://forum.ghost.org/t/more-bulk-email-options/60598/6):
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> Updated PR Series Submitted for Review Phase 1: Email Adapter Foundation [Added email provider base class for adapter system (1/4)](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/pull/25250)[Implemented Mailgun email provider adapter (2/4)](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/pull/25251)[Added email analytics adapter support with Mailgun implementation (3/4)](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/pull/25252)[Added email suppression adapter support with Mailgun implementation (4/4)](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/pull/25253) Phase 2: [Amazon SES](https://aws.amazon.com/ses/) Integration for Sending Newsletters [SES Email Adapter (1/3)](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/pull/25367)[SES Analytics + Integration + Admin UI (2/3)](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/pull/25365)[SES Newsletter Personal…](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/pull/25366)