AWS SES: Stuck in sandbox mode

Question

I was almost ready to use SES for production so I had my sending limits increased, This is the mail from AWS:

"Congratulations! After reviewing your case, we have increased your sending quota to 50,000 messages per day and your maximum send rate to 14 messages per second in AWS Region US East (N. Virginia). Your account has also been moved out of the sandbox, so you no longer need to verify recipient addresses."

I configured SMTP so that I can send mails using mail commands using AWS endpoint and generated SMTP credentials, When I send mail, I get this:

" sSMTP[20486]: 554 Message rejected: Email address is not verified. The following identities failed the check in region US-EAST-1: root , [email protected]"

The SMTP endpoint is: 

email-smtp.us-east-1.amazonaws.com:587

What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

When your account is moved out of the sandbox, you do not have to verify the recipients' addresses. But you still have to verify the sender's address or domain. It appears you have not verified the sender's address. Remember to verify the address/domain that appears in:

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