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VerifyEmailAddress

Description

Verifies an email address. This action causes a confirmation email message to be sent to the specified address.

Request parameters

Parameter Name Value(s) Required? Example
EmailAddress Exactly one Mailbox, Angle Address, or Address with Display name. A normalized Mailbox is recommmended. Yes david.wilson@example.com

Comments

Note that the display name, if provided, will not be included in the verification email. Verification emails just use the plain Mailbox in the "To" header.

Example request using GET

GET /?Action=VerifyEmailAddress&EmailAddress=david.wilson%40example.com HTTP/1.1
Host: email.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2011 18:51:25 -0400
X-Amzn-Authorization: AWS3-HTTPS AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAH3VO4JIRTLHHP4AK,Algorithm=HmacSHA256,Signature=qVIeyk0vEC8L82xRgXalDd+k5i7U4Q2sLXbZJeIs21Y=

Example request using POST

POST / HTTP/1.1
Host: email.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2011 18:51:25 -0400
X-Amzn-Authorization: AWS3-HTTPS AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAH3VO4JIRTLHHP4AK,Algorithm=HmacSHA256,Signature=qVIeyk0vEC8L82xRgXalDd+k5i7U4Q2sLXbZJeIs21Y=
Content-Length: 65
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Action=VerifyEmailAddress&EmailAddress=david.wilson%40example.com

Example response

<VerifyEmailAddressResponse xmlns="http://ses.amazonaws.com/doc/2010-12-01/">
  <ResponseMetadata>
    <RequestId>b38b3bad-687a-11e0-8d64-abcf102f6ee2</RequestId>
  </ResponseMetadata>
</VerifyEmailAddressResponse>

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