Amazon SES Event Types

Amazon SES events are tracked with specific event type IDs in SendPost, allowing you to distinguish between native SendPost events and Amazon SES events.

Event Type	ID	Description
SES Processed	27	Email accepted by Amazon SES for delivery
SES Delivered	28	Email successfully delivered to recipient
SES Hard Bounced	29	Permanent delivery failure (invalid address, domain doesn’t exist)
SES Soft Bounced	30	Temporary delivery failure (mailbox full, temporarily blocked)
SES Spam Report	31	Recipient marked email as spam (complaint event)
SES Dropped	32	Email rejected by Amazon SES (invalid address, etc.)
SES Open	33	Recipient opened the email (automatically tracked)
SES Click	34	Recipient clicked a link (automatically tracked)
SES Rendering Failure	35	Email rendering failure event
SES Unsubscribe	36	Recipient unsubscribed

Bounce Type Details

Amazon SES categorizes bounces into two types:

Hard Bounce (ID: 29)

Permanent failure (invalid email, domain doesn’t exist). These addresses should be removed from your list.

Soft Bounce (ID: 30)

Temporary failure (mailbox full, temporarily blocked). Amazon SES may retry these automatically. Consider these as temporary issues.

Event Data

Each Amazon SES event includes:

Message ID (for correlation)
Recipient email
Timestamp
SMTP response code (for bounces)
User agent (for opens)
Clicked URL (for clicks)
SES-specific metadata

Event Type Quick Reference

Event	ID	SES Event Name
Processed	27	`Send`
Delivered	28	`Delivery`
Hard Bounce	29	`Bounce` (permanent)
Soft Bounce	30	`Bounce` (transient)
Spam Report	31	`Complaint`
Dropped	32	`Reject`
Open	33	`Open`
Click	34	`Click`
Rendering Failure	35	`Rendering Failure`
Unsubscribe	36	`Subscription`

Next Steps

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Amazon SES Event Types