# AWS SES

First, you’ll need to create your SMTP credentials for AWS Simple Email Service (SES):

* On the old SES console, there’s an **SMTP Settings** link on the left side.
* On the new SES console, the link is under **Account dashboard** on the left sidebar.

Create new SMTP credentials, and copy them. The final string will look like this:

```
smtp://username:password@email-smtp.us-east-1.amazonaws.com:587
```

There are three variables that you should replace in this string:

* `username` and `password`, which are the SMTP credentials you created earlier.
* `us-east-1` replace it with the region that you’re sending emails from

Set this value into the .env file

```yaml
AWS_SES_SMTP="smtp://username:password@email-smtp.us-east-1.amazonaws.com:587"
```

Open `src/config/auth.ts` and set:

```typescript
EmailProvider({
    server: process.env.AWS_SES_SMTP || ""
    from: process.env.EMAIL_FROM || "",
    // maxAge: 24 * 60 * 60, // How long email links are valid for (default 24h)
}),
```


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