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docs: document IAM permissions for SES email transport - #782

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Summary

Closes #618.

Documents the IAM permissions required for EMAIL_TRANSPORT=ses, based on Directus''s current Nodemailer + AWS SES v2 integration:

  • ses:SendRawEmail on the verified EMAIL_FROM identity
  • health-check note for Nodemailer''s verify() test send from invalid@invalid (or disable via EMAIL_VERIFY_SETUP=false)

Notes

ses:GetAccount from the original report is not documented here — current Nodemailer verify uses SendEmailCommand with invalid@invalid, not GetAccount.

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bryantgillespie commented Nov 14, 2026 •

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Thanks! I merged main in (the new Mailtrap section now follows SES) and listed both ses:SendEmail and ses:SendRawEmail, since Directus sends raw content through the SES v2 SendEmail call and AWS docs aren't clear which action it checks.

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bryantgillespie merged commit c961bc2 into directus:main Nov 14, 2026
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Document the required IAM permissions for SES email transport to work

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