Amazon SES mail sending script

amazon-ses.sh

#!/bin/bash

## ** UPDATE PER-MESSAGE **
message_body=$(<message.txt)
subject="The Quarterly, 1st ed. 2024-06 [D85.23.13]"

# sender
sender="Johnny ‘Decimal’ Noble <[email protected]>"
body="$message_body"

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region="ap-southeast-2"

# List of recipients, one per line. Defaults to SES mailbox simulator addresses (https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/dg/send-an-email-from-console.html#send-email-simulator-how-to-use)
recipients=(
# always leave these tests here
  "[email protected]"
  "[email protected]"
  "[email protected]"
# actual recipients here

)

# Send an email to each recipient
# Iterate through the list of recipients.
# Invoke the AWS SES SendEmail operation with a single recipient defined in the Destination
for recipient in "${recipients[@]}"; do
  echo sending to "$recipient"
  aws sesv2 send-email \
    --from-email-address "$sender" \
    --destination "ToAddresses=$recipient" \
    --content "Simple={Subject={Data='$subject',Charset='UTF-8'},Body={Text={Data='$body',Charset='UTF-8'}}}" \
    --region "$region"
done