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How to setup email forwarding with own domain on Amazon EC2?


I have a hard time understanding how I could setup e-mail forwarding on Amazon EC2 for my own domain, meaning how I can forward every email sent to [email protected] to my personal email address.

I'm using Amazon SES for sending emails. But what about incoming e-mails - is there any simpler way than setting up a complete e-mail server? As I'm using IP forwarding for my domain, I can't set up email forwarding with my domain provider.

I know this is kind of a general question.. I'd appreciate any help that points me in the right direction!


Solution

  • Currently there is no incoming email (POP, IMAP, etc) managed service from AWS, so you'd need to set up your own mail receiving and forwarding.

    Using Postfix as a mail server, setup would look like this: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-unix-bsd-postfix-forward-email-to-another-account/

    If forwarding is all you need, you could set up a email service outside AWS (Google Apps?) and redirect using GMail rules, for example.

    UPDATE: Amazon Web Services has announced WorkMail as a email and calendaring service. http://aws.amazon.com/workmail/

    UPDATE: Amazon SES now supports inbound mail