Use SES (with SNS) over SMTP

Question

I have an little application that uses SMTP already.
And in the future i want switch to AWS SES and use it via SMTP.
In AWS SES i will use a AWS SNS for bouncing mails.

Is it a problem, when i use SES over SMTP with an SNS for bouncing, because i found this part in the documentation:

Email Information to Provide

When you access Amazon SES through the SMTP interface, your SMTP client application assembles the message, so the information you need to provide depends on the application you are using. At a minimum, the SMTP exchange between a client and a server requires a source address, a destination address, and message data.

If you are using the SMTP interface and have feedback forwarding enabled, then your bounces, complaints, and delivery notifications are sent to the "MAIL FROM" address. Any "Reply-To" address that you specify is not used.

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/en_en/ses/latest/DeveloperGuide/send-email-smtp.html

Now i have some doubts that when i switch to SES SMTP i must handle the bouncing on my own and the SNS will be ignored. Is this right or is SNS always used? (Via API and SMTP)?

Answer 1

If you are using SNS to handle complaints and bounces, you can disable email notifications.

See step 6 here: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/DeveloperGuide/configure-sns-notifications.html

If you choose Amazon SNS topics for both bounces and complaints, you can disable email notifications entirely. To disable email notifications for bounces and complaints, under Email Feedback Forwarding, choose Disable. Delivery notifications are available only through Amazon SNS.