--- [ Josh Baird <[email protected]> wrote ] ----------------------------------- This seems like an unnecessary hassle. Why even use EC2/SES in the first place? The amount of email generated by this list is not very high. If it were me, I would throw up a VM somewhere, install Postfix and Mailman and be done with it.
But.. Maybe I missed something. Josh > On Sep 15, 2014, at 8:40 PM, Animal Farm <[email protected]> wrote: > > --- [ Paul McCall <[email protected]> wrote ] > ----------------------------------- > Well, it appears this table is for the Free Tier, which is not what we are > signed up for. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, September 15, 2014 8:22 PM > To: Paul McCall > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Official Annoucement - AFMUG list change > > --- [ "Forrest Christian (List Account)" <[email protected]> wrote ] > ----------------------------------- > I'm a little confused here.. > > Let's say you're sending 100K messages a day. If these are going through SES > (like they seem to be), then aren't you going to get charged the prices > listed at http://aws.amazon.com/ses/pricing/ for this traffic? I.E. 0.10 > per thousand messages ($10/day $300/month), $0.12 per GB of attachments, plus > some amount for data transfer... > > -forrest > > > > > > > >> On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 9:55 AM, Animal Farm <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> --- [ Paul McCall <[email protected]> wrote ] >> ----------------------------------- >> Forrest, that is exactly what we did. >> >> The relative setup was easy. Flowing the email through Amazon.... >> ummmm... not so much. Getting them to bless 100,000 emails a day required >> very specific setup within Amazon to get that to fly. 200 message >> responses x 500+ users... etc. we have a 500K message limit per day, >> but its never peaked over 120K according to Brian. >> >> I think we taught Amazon upper level techs something in the process, >> haha >> >> We'll get there on the issue From field saying Animal Farm" only. >> >> Paul >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Monday, September 15, 2014 11:31 AM >> To: Paul McCall >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Official Annoucement - AFMUG list change >> >> --- [ "Forrest Christian (List Account)" <[email protected]> wrote >> ] >> ----------------------------------- >> I agree. Kinda curious what prompted that choice. Personally I would >> have probably just done the brute force approach of spinning up an ec2 >> instance running postfix + mailman. >>> On Sep 15, 2014 9:21 AM, "Animal Farm" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> --- [ Jon Auer <[email protected]> wrote ] >>> ----------------------------------- >>> Wait, you're using SES to handle outbound for a listserv? >>> That's a interesting architectural choice. >>>> On Sep 15, 2014 8:39 AM, "Animal Farm" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> --- [ Paul McCall <[email protected]> wrote ] >>>> ----------------------------------- >>>> The list is "switching" over to being hosted on PDMNet's Amazon >>>> Cloud environment today. For the moment, there are some things >>>> that will look different, such as the From field showing just Animal Farm. >>>> >>>> To fix that, we have to work with Amazon's custom API to automatically >>>> make each subscriber become a "trusted" sender. It's a little more >>>> complicated than that brief description, but we are working >>>> towards >> that. >>>> >>>> In the meanwhile, the sender's info will appear at the top of each >>> message. >>>> >>>> Paul >>>> >>>> Paul McCall, Pres. >>>> PDMNet / Florida Broadband >>>> 658 Old Dixie Highway >>>> Vero Beach, FL 32962 >>>> 772-564-6800 office >>>> 772-473-0352 cell >>>> www.pdmnet.com<http://www.pdmnet.com/> >>>> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> >>
