Yup.I don't think that's something that will, or even should, happen.
I have no experience with any sort of server control panel software, but setting up Postfix to send emails via a smarthost isnt't thaat difficult.I tried looking into a way to do it at the MTA level on my server, but I wasn't able to figure out how to do that using Exim. Since I don't know enough about server administration to go tinkering with things that aren't provided via WHM or cPanel
But going with a mail service provider like Amazon SES is the right choice for most admins anyway.
You will be sending +- the same amout of emails / second to SES that you are sending right now.My first question is, will I not be sending the same number of emails in the same amount of time by switching to SES?
I'd assume SES does proper queue handling to not overload recipient MX servers.
Sorry, but I don't know that - maybe others who actually use SES know that?What happens if I exceed that? Will SES still accept the emails and just mail them at that rate, or will all the emails, starting at 15, be dropped completely?
Should work just fine.I already have email addresses set up for the bounce and unsubscribe so my next question is, will I still be able to make use of those options in XF? Also, will it work out of the box, once I have my SES email address set up? Is there some parameter that XF passes to SES to make it work?
Yes, should be possible.Will I still be able to use that email address for receiving mail and simply send mail using SES or will I need a completely separate email address for the SES setup?