How to Simulate Bounce, Complaint, and Reject in AWS SES

This note describes how to simulate SES bounce, complaint and reject. Fore more details, refer to the official documentation.
Prerequisites
Ensure you have completed the following steps before starting:
- Register an email address in your AWS SES.
- Enable Email Feedback Forwarding for the registered email address.
Simulating Bounce
Use the following command to simulate a bounce:
aws ses send-email \ --from <YOUR_EMAIL> \ --to bounce@simulator.amazonses.com \ --subject test \ --text test
You will receive an email at the address specified by the --from
option, indicating a bounce occurred.
Simulating Complaint
Use the following command to simulate a complaint:
aws ses send-email \ --from <YOUR_EMAIL> \ --to complaint@simulator.amazonses.com \ --subject test \ --text test
An email indicating a complaint will be sent to the --from
address.
Simulating Reject
To simulate a reject, send an email with an EICAR test file attachment using the following script:
FROM=<YOUR_EMAIL>MESSAGE='{"Data": "From: $FROM\nTo: $FROM\nSubject: test\nMIME-Version: 1.0\nContent-type: Multipart/Mixed; boundary=\"NextPart\"\n\n--NextPart\nContent-Type: text/plain\n\ntest\n\n--NextPart\nContent-Type: text/plain;\nContent-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"sample.txt\"\n\nX5O!P%@AP[4\\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*\n\n--NextPart--"}'MESSAGE=$(echo $MESSAGE | sed "s/\$FROM/$FROM/g")aws ses send-raw-email \ --cli-binary-format raw-in-base64-out \ --raw-message "$MESSAGE"
You will receive a rejection notification email at the FROM
address.