Today, we're going to delve into the process of sending emails using the latest version of Laravel, Laravel 10, in conjunction with the powerful AWS SES service. This tutorial will also cover the essential steps to configure AWS SES for seamless email delivery.

Before we begin, let's quickly recap what Amazon SES is. Amazon SES, or Simple Email Service, is a cloud-based email sending service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS). It provides a robust and scalable platform for sending and receiving emails over the internet. This service is widely utilized by businesses, developers, and organizations to manage their email communication efficiently.

Without further ado, let's dive right into the learning process!

To use AWS SES with Laravel, you need to install the AWS SDK for PHP via Composer. Run the following command to install the AWS SDK for PHP:

composer require aws/aws-sdk-php

To send email using AWS SES, you need to set up an AWS SES account and verify your email address or domain.

Note: Go to AWS support center to submit a service limit increase case, and choose SES Sending Limits, called ‘Remove it out of SandBox’ if not already done; Otherwise the capacity of the mail you are allowed to send and its rate will be limited to a large extend, besides that, all of the recipients will have to be verified by SES.

Edit the config/services.php file in your Laravel project. If the file doesn't exist, create it. Add the AWS SES credentials:

// config/services.php

return [

    // Other service configurations...

    

    'ses' => [

        'key' => env('AWS_SES_KEY'),

        'secret' => env('AWS_SES_SECRET'),

        'region' => env('AWS_SES_REGION'),

    ],

];

Open your .env file in the root directory of your Laravel project and add the AWS SES credentials:

AWS_SES_KEY=your_aws_ses_key

AWS_SES_SECRET=your_aws_ses_secret

AWS_SES_REGION=your_aws_ses_region

 

Modify the config/mail.php file to use the SES driver for sending emails:

// config/mail.php

return [

    // Other mail configurations...

    'mailers' => [

        'ses' => [

            'transport' => 'ses',

        ],

    ],

    // Other mail configurations...

];

Generate a mailable class in your Laravel project. Run the following command in the terminal:

php artisan make:mail WelcomeEmail

 

This will create a WelcomeEmail.php file inside the app/Mail directory.

Open the WelcomeEmail.php file in the app/Mail directory and define the email content and settings:

// app/Mail/WelcomeEmail.php

namespace App\Mail;

use Illuminate\Bus\Queueable;

use Illuminate\Mail\Mailable;

use Illuminate\Queue\SerializesModels;

class WelcomeEmail extends Mailable

{

    use Queueable, SerializesModels;

    public function build()

    {

        return $this->from('sender@example.com')

                    ->view('emails.welcome')

                    ->with([

                        'name' => 'Recipient Name',

                    ]);

    }

}

Create an email template file (e.g., welcome.blade.php) inside the resources/views/emails directory. Customize the email template as needed, using Blade syntax.

Now, you can send the email using the created mailable class in your controllers or other parts of your application:

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Mail;

use App\Mail\WelcomeEmail;

Mail::mailer('ses')->to('recipient@example.com')->send(new WelcomeEmail());

Replace 'recipient@example.com' with the recipient's email address.

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