Disable AWS SES retry mechanism

Question

We want to get a response immediately if the email has been successfully sent or not. If there's a bounce, we want AWS to not attempt to retry sending the email instead just return a response that says there's a bounce. Is it possible to disable the retry mechanism of SES if there's a bounce?

Accepted Answer

If it is a hard bounce, SES will not retry sending the email and you'll receive feedback as soon as the hard bounce occurs. If it's a soft bounce (i.e. due to a transient issue), then SES will retry sending the message. This cannot be disabled. For more info on hard bounces vs. soft bounces, please check these articles: 
- https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/ses-understand-soft-bounces/
- https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/ses-high-bounce-rate/

Disable AWS SES retry mechanism

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