Manage transactional email like a production system.

Guides and best practices for running transactional email on Amazon SES — with control, safety, and scalability.

Transactional vs Marketing Email: Why Mailchimp Should Never Send Your Password Resets

Teams routinely conflate transactional and marketing email — and pay for it in deliverability, reliability, and sometimes compliance. A clear breakdown of what each is for, why they need different infrastructure, and when keeping them separate matters most.

Versioning Amazon SES Templates: Patterns That Actually Hold Up in Production

Amazon SES has no first-class versioning — one template name, one current version, no history. Here are the four patterns teams actually use to manage that, with honest trade-offs for each.

The Hidden Operational Cost of Editing SES Templates in the AWS Console

Most teams manage Amazon SES templates by clicking around in the AWS Console. It works until it doesn't. A look at the real failure modes — and what production-grade template management actually requires.