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.

No, Mailgun is the only bulk email provider for Ghost. See: [image] Why Do I Have To Set Up Mailgun? - Ghost Developer Docs 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 abo…

I pushed several PRs to use Amazon SES to send newsletters. You can check them out and patch Ghost to get it running. [image] More bulk email options Contributing to Ghost Updated PR Series Submitted for Review Phase 1: Email Adapter Foundation Added email …

Using Amazon SES for newsletters

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Henry_Junior November 6, 2025, 6:20am 3

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

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Using Amazon SES for newsletters

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