In the previous post I talked about how to send emails using Amazon SES (Simple Email Service) SendRawEmail call and fetch the message-Id assigned to the email by Amazon mail servers. With that ID in hand, if the mail bounced back into our email box, we can use CFPOP to fetch that mail, fish out the message-id and update our mail table. (more..)

It is quite easy to use Amazon SES (Simple Email Service) with ColdFusion, just use CFMAIL tag and send mails out thought Amazon SMTP. Also bit more difficulty we can use SES API to do the same thing too. Now, why? The biggest advantage, probably the only advantage of using the API instead SMTP call is API call returns the "message-id" assigned to our emails. This simple ID is immensely useful for tracking down emails if they bounces. (more..)

I was trying to connect to EC2 API this weekend and it left me feeling rather weary. I was not trying to do a heart surgery, but just to format a string in a particular way and encoded it. No matter what I tried AWS slammed me with the error: The request signature we calculated does not match the signature you provided. Check your AWS Secret Access Key and signing method. Consult the service documentation for details Here Amazon explains their Signature Version 2 format. (more..)