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Adding documentation about SES message size limit and memory limit configuration. (issue #82)
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more information, see:
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http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/DeveloperGuide/verify-domains.html
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- SES only allows sending emails up to 10 MB in size (including attachments
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after encoding). See:
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https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/DeveloperGuide/limits.html
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- Initially SES users are in a sandbox environment that has a number of
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limitations. See:
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http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/DeveloperGuide/limits.html
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- Memory can be left at 128 MB, but set Timeout to 10 seconds to be safe. The
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task usually takes about 30 MB and a few seconds. After testing the task, you
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may be able to reduce the Timeout limit.
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- Configure the Memory and Timeout settings according to your use case. For
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simple text emails, a memory limit of 128 MB and timeout of 10 seconds should
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be sufficient. For emails with large attachments, a memory limit of 512 MB or
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more and timeout of 30 seconds may be required.
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3. In AWS SES, verify the domains for which you want to receive and forward
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email. Also configure the DNS MX record for these domains to point to the email

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