https://bakic.github.io/tags/ses/Recent content in Ses on Abdelbaki Ben Elhaj SlimeneHugoen-USWed, 28 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://bakic.github.io/posts/smtp-to-aws-ses-iam-roles-spring-boot/Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://bakic.github.io/posts/smtp-to-aws-ses-iam-roles-spring-boot/<p>Sending emails is a fundamental requirement for most applications. Whether it’s transactional notifications, alerts, or user communications, we need a reliable and secure way to dispatch messages.</p> <p>In this article, I’ll walk through our migration from traditional SMTP authentication to AWS SES with IAM role-based authentication, explaining why this shift represents a significant security improvement.</p> <p><img src="image-1.jpg" alt="Photo by CHUTTERSNAP on Unsplash"></p> <p><em>Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@chuttersnap?utm_source=medium&amp;utm_medium=referral">CHUTTERSNAP</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com?utm_source=medium&amp;utm_medium=referral">Unsplash</a></em></p> <h2 id="the-traditional-approach-smtp-with-credentials">The Traditional Approach: SMTP with Credentials</h2> <p>For years, the standard way to send emails from a Spring Boot application has been through SMTP with username and password authentication:</p>