Configuring Ghost blog platform to use AWS SES for email delivery

October 19, 2025

Configuring Ghost blog platform to use AWS SES for email delivery

mail__from: user@email.com
mail__transport: SMTP
mail__options__host: mail.domain.com
mail__options__port: 465
mail__options__auth__user: user@email.com
mail__options__auth__pass: password

mail__transport="SMTP"
mail__from="user@email.com"
mail__options__host="mail.domain.com"
mail__options__port="465"
mail__options__auth__user="user@email.com"
mail__options__auth__pass="password"

AWS_SES_ACCESS_KEY=accesskey
AWS_SES_SECRET_KEY=secretkey
AWS_SES_REGION=us-west-2
EMAIL_FROM_NAME=FromName
EMAIL_FROM=noreply@domain.com
mail__options__secure="true"
mail__options__debug="true"
mail__options__logger="true"