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AWS ses documentation change

Service: ses · 2025-04-11 · Documentation low

File: ses/latest/dg/smtp-credentials.md

Summary

Updated SMTP endpoint information to reference current list in AWS General Reference and expanded Python example notes

Security assessment

Changes involve documentation updates for accuracy and example clarification. No security vulnerabilities or security feature enhancements are mentioned.

Diff

diff --git a/ses/latest/dg/smtp-credentials.md b/ses/latest/dg/smtp-credentials.md
index e06d7f5c5..a39404e4b 100644
--- a//ses/latest/dg/smtp-credentials.md
+++ b//ses/latest/dg/smtp-credentials.md
@@ -17 +17 @@ Your SMTP password is different from your AWS secret access key. For more inform
-SMTP endpoints are not currently available in Africa (Cape Town), Asia Pacific (Jakarta), Europe (Milan), Israel (Tel Aviv), and Middle East (Bahrain). 
+For a list of currently available SMTP endpoints, see [SMTP endpoints](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/ses.html#ses_smtp_endpoints) in the _AWS General Reference_. 
@@ -136 +136,5 @@ Some programming languages include libraries that you can use to convert an IAM
-The following example uses **f-strings** that were introduced in Python 3.6; if using an older version, they won't work.
+  * The following example uses **f-strings** that were introduced in Python 3.6; if using an older version, they won't work.
+
+  * In the following example, the list of SMTP_REGIONS is simply an example—your actual list of regions could be shorter or longer depending on which regions you plan to send email in as you'll need SMTP credentials for each AWS Region.
+
+
@@ -138 +141,0 @@ The following example uses **f-strings** that were introduced in Python 3.6; if
-Currently, the Python SDK (Boto3) officially supports 2.7 and 3.6 (or later). However, 2.7 support is deprecated and will be dropped on 7/15/2021, so you'll need to upgrade to at least 3.6.