Send Test Email fails with Email address is not verified

Question

I want to use Amazon\'s Simple Email Service to send emails.

I verified my domain as well as the email address I want to send from.

For both it says ve

Answer 1

When your SES account is in "sandbox" mode, you can:

1. Only send from verified domains and email addressed, and
2. Only send to verified domains and email addresses

In order to send to anyone else, you must move your account out of sandbox mode by contacting AWS support and requesting it:

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/console/ses/sandbox