Could not connect to SMTP host: email-smtp.us-east-1.amazonaws.com, port: 465, response: -1

Question

I am trying to send email with Amazon\'s SES/SMTP and I am getting the following error:

javax.mail.MessagingException: Could not connect to SMTP host: em

Answer 1

With amazon SES, configuration needs to be as follows:

true    
true

instead of:

true
true 

as hinted by dave.

EDIT: Please use this solution: https://stackoverflow.com/a/8928559/536299