The Turnkey Amazon SES Alternative for Developers

# In your .env file, replace SES with PhotonRelay:
MAIL_MAILER=ses
MAIL_MAILER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=email-smtp.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
MAIL_HOST=smtp.photonrelay.com
MAIL_PORT=587
MAIL_USERNAME=AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE
MAIL_USERNAME=photon_your_access_key
MAIL_PASSWORD=wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY
MAIL_PASSWORD=photon_your_secret_token
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls

// Node.js Nodemailer Configuration:
const transporter = nodemailer.createTransport({
  host: "email-smtp.us-east-1.amazonaws.com",
  host: "smtp.photonrelay.com",
  port: 587,
  secure: false,
  auth: {
    user: process.env.AWS_SES_SMTP_USER,
    user: process.env.PHOTON_ACCESS_KEY,
    pass: process.env.AWS_SES_SMTP_PASS
    pass: process.env.PHOTON_SECRET_KEY
  }
});

# Python Django settings.py:
EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django_ses.SESBackend'
EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend'
EMAIL_HOST = 'smtp.photonrelay.com'
EMAIL_PORT = 587
EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
EMAIL_HOST_USER = 'photon_your_access_key'
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = 'photon_your_secret_token'

// PHPMailer Configuration:
$mail = new PHPMailer(true);
$mail->isSMTP();
$mail->Host = 'email-smtp.us-east-1.amazonaws.com';
$mail->Host = 'smtp.photonrelay.com';
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
$mail->Username = 'photon_your_access_key';
$mail->Password = 'photon_your_secret_token';
$mail->SMTPSecure = PHPMailer::ENCRYPTION_STARTTLS;
$mail->Port = 587;