GET

/#Action=SendBounce

http://email.{region}.amazonaws.com/#Action=SendBounce

Generates and sends a bounce message to the sender of an email you received through Amazon SES. You can only use this API on an email up to 24 hours after you receive it. <note> You cannot use this API to send generic bounces for mail that was not received by Amazon SES. </note> For information about receiving email through Amazon SES, see the <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/DeveloperGuide/receiving-email.html">Amazon SES Developer Guide</a>. You can execute this operation no more than once per second.

Access Token Required: API Key

Query Params

OriginalMessageIdstringrequired

The message ID of the message to be bounced.

BounceSenderstringrequired

The address to use in the "From" header of the bounce message. This must be an identity that you have verified with Amazon SES.

Explanationstring

Human-readable text for the bounce message to explain the failure. If not specified, the text will be auto-generated based on the bounced recipient information.

MessageDsnobject

Message-related DSN fields. If not specified, Amazon SES will choose the values.

BouncedRecipientInfoListarrayrequired

A list of recipients of the bounced message, including the information required to create the Delivery Status Notifications (DSNs) for the recipients. You must specify at least one <code>BouncedRecipientInfo</code> in the list.

BounceSenderArnstring

This parameter is used only for sending authorization. It is the ARN of the identity that is associated with the sending authorization policy that permits you to use the address in the "From" header of the bounce. For more information about sending authorization, see the <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/DeveloperGuide/sending-authorization.html">Amazon SES Developer Guide</a>.

Actionstringrequired

Allowed:

Versionstringrequired

Allowed:

Responses

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "id": "abc123",
    "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
    "message": "Invalid request parameters"
  }
}

Language

CredentialsAPI KEY

API Key

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cURL Request

1curl --request GET \
2     --url 'http://email.{region}.amazonaws.com/#Action=SendBounce' \
3     --header 'accept: application/json' \
4     --header 'content-type: application/json'

Response

1{
2  "success": true,
3  "data": {
4    "id": "abc123",
5    "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
6  }
7}