<?php 
App::import('Vendor','aws-sdk', array('file' => 'sdk.class.php')); 
App::import('Component','Email'); 
class EmailServiceComponent extends EmailComponent { 
    
   function _aws_ses() { 
      $ses = new AmazonSES(); 
      $destination = array( 
         'ToAddresses' => explode(',', $this->to) 
      ); 
      $message = array( 
         'Subject' => array( 
            'Data' => $this->subject 
         ), 
         'Body' => array() 
      ); 
      if($this->textMessage != NULL) { 
         $message['Body']['Text'] = array( 
            'Data' => $this->textMessage 
         ); 
      } 
      if($this->htmlMessage != NULL) { 
         $message['Body']['Html'] = array( 
            'Data' => $this->htmlMessage 
         ); 
      } 
       
      $response = $ses->send_email($this->from, $destination, $message); 
       
      $ok = $response->isOK(); 
      if(!$ok) { 
         $this->log('Error sending email from AWS SES: '.$response->body->asXML(), 'debug'); 
      } 
      return $ok; 
   } 
    
}


// Then you need to replace every occurrence of EmailComponent with EmailServiceComponent, and set the delivery like this:
//   $this->EmailService->delivery = 'aws_ses';