---
id: "aws-ses-mail-manager"
type: "component"
kind: "email-security-gateway"
provider: "aws"
category: "security"
docs: "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/dg/eb.html"
url: "https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-ses-mail-manager"
---

# Mail Manager for Amazon SES

Inbound email gateway with traffic policies, SMTP relay and archiving.

| | |
|---|---|
| Provider | [aws](https://localhost:3000/catalogue?provider=aws) |
| Kind | [Email security gateway](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/kinds/email-security-gateway) |
| Category | Security |
| Official docs | [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/dg/eb.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/dg/eb.html) |

## Properties

| property | type | values | required | kind default | this component |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `archiving` | boolean | — | no | false | inherited |
| `attachmentDetonation` | boolean | — | no | — | inherited |
| `deliveryMode` | enum | `inline-mx`, `journaling`, `api` | no | — | **"inline-mx"** |
| `dmarcEnforcement` | boolean | — | no | — | inherited |
| `emailAddOns` | boolean | — | no | false | inherited |
| `ingressEndpointType` | enum | `open`, `authenticated` | no | — | inherited |
| `linkRewriting` | boolean | — | no | — | inherited |
| `managed` | boolean | — | no | false | **true** |
| `phishingAction` | enum | `reject`, `quarantine`, `tag`, `deliver` | no | — | inherited |
| `quarantineRetentionDays` | integer | — | no | — | inherited |
| `smtpRelay` | boolean | — | no | false | inherited |
| `spamAction` | enum | `reject`, `quarantine`, `tag`, `deliver` | no | — | inherited |

Bold values are the ones this component pins.

## Rules that apply · 0

No rule selects this kind or its category.

## Other products of the same kind · 2

- [Cloudflare Email Security](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/cloudflare-email-security.md) `cloudflare-email-security` — cloudflare
- [Generic email security gateway](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/email-security-gateway.md) `email-security-gateway` — default

## Use it in a design

```yaml
nodes:
  - { id: "aws-ses-mail-manager", component: "aws-ses-mail-manager" }
```

## Source (`component` YAML, verbatim)

```yaml
# yaml-language-server: $schema=../../schema/component.schema.json
# Mail Manager for Amazon SES: an email gateway in front of an organisation's inbound mail.
# "Mail Manager for Amazon SES" describes the ingress endpoint as the infrastructure component whose
# traffic policies and rule sets decide which mail is allowed in and which is rejected, an SMTP relay
# that redirects traffic to other SMTP servers, and email archiving as long-term secure storage.
schemaVersion: "1"
type: "component"
id: "aws-ses-mail-manager"
kind: "email-security-gateway"
provider: "aws"
docs: "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/dg/eb.html"
defaults:
  managed: true
  deliveryMode: "inline-mx"
properties:
  ingressEndpointType:
    type: "enum"
    values: ["open", "authenticated"]
  smtpRelay:
    type: "boolean"
    default: false
  archiving:
    type: "boolean"
    default: false
  emailAddOns:
    type: "boolean"
    default: false
```

Human page: https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-ses-mail-manager