Status Code 403: SignatureDoesNotMatch when I am using Amazon SES

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Deepak Singhal picture Deepak Singhal · Jan 12, 2013 · Viewed 26.5k times · Source

I created a new Amazon account. Created SMTP Credentials and used AWS Java SDK to send emails. But it is failing with following error:

Status Code: 403, AWS Service: AmazonSimpleEmailService, AWS Request ID: xyz, AWS Error Code: SignatureDoesNotMatch, AWS Error Message: The request signature we calculated does not match the signature you provided. Check your AWS Secret Access Key and signing method. Consult the service documentation for details.

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Deepak Singhal picture Deepak Singhal · Jan 12, 2013

The keys to be provided to send Emails are not "SMTP Credentials" . The keys are instead Global access key which can be retrieved http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/ses/latest/GettingStartedGuide/GetAccessIDs.html.

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