Monthly Archives: November 2011

Checking for NULL using Entity Framework

Here is a curious gotcha using the Entity Framework: If you are filtering on a value that may be null then you may not be getting back the results you expect. For example, if you do something like this: var … Continue reading

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Handling bounces on Amazon SES

If you send to an email that does not exist, Amazon SES will perform some handling of the bounce before passing the details on to you. When you send email through Amazon SES you may notice that the email arrives … Continue reading

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Verifying Senders with Amazon SES

I’ve already written a couple of pieces about Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) on sending Email and sending emails with attachments. Why do you have to verify senders? It is important to note that while in development mode you have … Continue reading

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Sending more than a basic email with Amazon SES

Previously, I wrote about getting started with Amazon’s Simple Email Service, and I included details of how to send a basic email. The SendEmail method is excellent at sending basic emails with HTML or Text bodies. However, it doesn’t handle … Continue reading

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Getting started with Amazon SES in .NET

Amazon SES (Simple Email Service) is a cloud based email service for sending bulk or transactional emails. It has a web based API and Amazon also provide a .NET wrapper (The AWS SDK for .NET) to access this (and other … Continue reading

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