Lumen Mail Amazon SES AWS

.env

        # Mail
        MAIL_DRIVER: 'ses'
        SES_KEY: 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
        SES_SECRET: 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
        SES_REGION: 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'

bootstrap\app.php

\\ Uncomment these lines
$app->withFacades();
[...]
$app->register(App\Providers\AppServiceProvider::class);

composer.json

 "illuminate/mail": "5.1.*",
 "aws/aws-sdk-php": "~3.0",

config\mail.php

<?php
return [
    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Mail Driver
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | Laravel supports both SMTP and PHP's "mail" function as drivers for the
    | sending of e-mail. You may specify which one you're using throughout
    | your application here. By default, Laravel is setup for SMTP mail.
    |
    | Supported: "smtp", "sendmail", "mailgun", "mandrill", "ses",
    |            "sparkpost", "log", "array"
    |
    */
    'driver' => env('MAIL_DRIVER', 'smtp'),
    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | SMTP Host Address
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | Here you may provide the host address of the SMTP server used by your
    | applications. A default option is provided that is compatible with
    | the Mailgun mail service which will provide reliable deliveries.
    |
    */
    'host' => env('MAIL_HOST', 'smtp.mailgun.org'),
    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | SMTP Host Port
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | This is the SMTP port used by your application to deliver e-mails to
    | users of the application. Like the host we have set this value to
    | stay compatible with the Mailgun e-mail application by default.
    |
    */
    'port' => env('MAIL_PORT', 587),
    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Global "From" Address
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | You may wish for all e-mails sent by your application to be sent from
    | the same address. Here, you may specify a name and address that is
    | used globally for all e-mails that are sent by your application.
    |
    */
    'from' => [
        'address' => env('MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS', 'hello@example.com'),
        'name' => env('MAIL_FROM_NAME', 'Example'),
    ],
    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | E-Mail Encryption Protocol
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | Here you may specify the encryption protocol that should be used when
    | the application send e-mail messages. A sensible default using the
    | transport layer security protocol should provide great security.
    |
    */
    'encryption' => env('MAIL_ENCRYPTION', 'tls'),
    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | SMTP Server Username
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | If your SMTP server requires a username for authentication, you should
    | set it here. This will get used to authenticate with your server on
    | connection. You may also set the "password" value below this one.
    |
    */
    'username' => env('MAIL_USERNAME'),
    'password' => env('MAIL_PASSWORD'),
    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Sendmail System Path
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | When using the "sendmail" driver to send e-mails, we will need to know
    | the path to where Sendmail lives on this server. A default path has
    | been provided here, which will work well on most of your systems.
    |
    */
    'sendmail' => '/usr/sbin/sendmail -bs',
    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Markdown Mail Settings
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | If you are using Markdown based email rendering, you may configure your
    | theme and component paths here, allowing you to customize the design
    | of the emails. Or, you may simply stick with the Laravel defaults!
    |
    */
    'markdown' => [
        'theme' => 'default',
        'paths' => [
            resource_path('views/vendor/mail'),
        ],
    ],
];

config\services.php

return [

    'ses' => [
        'key' => env('SES_KEY'),
        'secret' => env('SES_SECRET'),
        'region' => env('SES_REGION'),
    ],

];

Send HTML email

Mail::send('emails.example', ['user' => $user], function ($m) use ($user) {
    $m->from('hello@app.com', 'Your Application');
    $ M-> to ( 'e-mail address', 'name') -> subject ( 'test email subject');
});

Send HTML in Array Email

// If you want to specify a html e-mail in an array
Mail::send(['html.view', 'text.view'], $data, $callback);

Send Text Email

Mail::send(['text' => 'emails.example'], ['user' => $user], function ($m) use ($user) {
    $m->from('hello@app.com', 'Your Application');
    $ M-> to ( 'e-mail address', 'name') -> subject ( 'test email subject');
 });

Note, you may need to run $app->configure('mail');